Mutus (moon crater)

Mutus
position	63.62 °  S , 29.88 °  O coordinates: 63 ° 37 '12 "  S , 29 ° 52' 48"  O
diameter	76 km
depth	3580 m
Card sheet	127 (PDF)
Named after	Vicente Mut y Armengol (1614–1687)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Mutus is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southwest of Hagecius crater and north of Manzinus . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat, except for the secondary craters.

List of side craters of Mutus

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	63.96 °  S , 31.96 °  O	14 km	[1]
B.	64.03 °  S , 29.48 °  E	16 km	[2]
C.	61.32 °  S , 27.17 °  E	33 km	[3]
D.	58.55 °  S , 23.34 °  E	21 km	[4]
E.	65.53 °  S , 35.95 °  O	22 km	[5]
F.	66.28 °  S , 34.08 °  O	42 km	[6]
G	67.21 °  S , 34.82 °  O	18 km	[7]
H	63.68 °  S , 24.02 °  O	21 km	[8th]
J	62.84 °  S , 23.2 °  O	8 kilometers	[9]
K	57.89 °  S , 21.48 °  E	6 km	[10]
L.	61.86 °  S , 24.74 °  E	19 km	[11]
M.	59.23 °  S , 24.33 °  O	19 km	[12]
N	62.46 °  S , 27.61 °  O	12 km	[13]
O	57.88 °  S , 23.89 °  E	12 km	[14]
P	59.18 °  S , 25.56 °  O	15 km	[15]
Q	62.29 °  S , 30.34 °  O	7 km	[16]
R.	60.89 °  S , 24 °  O	27 km	[17]
S.	60.65 °  S , 22.08 °  O	25 km	[18]
T	59.21 °  S , 21.45 °  E	28 km	[19]
V	63.08 °  S , 31.37 °  O	22 km	[20]
W.	66.81 °  S , 40.16 °  O	19 km	[21]
X	67.11 °  S , 36.61 °  O	21 km	[22]
Y	64.87 °  S , 34.88 °  O	24 km	[23]
Z	64.12 °  S , 34.63 °  E	30 km	[24]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Mallorcan astronomer and mathematician Vicente Mut y Armengol .

Web links

• Mutus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Mutus on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .