Mutus (moon crater)

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Mutus
Mutus (Moon South Pole Region)
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

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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 .