Timaeus (moon crater)
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| Timaeus, south of it the Mare Frigoris (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 62.89 ° N , 0.56 ° W | |
| diameter | 31 km | |
| depth | 3230 m | |
| Card sheet | 12 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Timaeus (1st century BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Timaeus is an impact crater on the moon to the north of the lunar front on the northern edge of Mare Frigoris , southwest of the crater plane of W. Bond and northwest of Archytas .
The relatively young crater shows hardly any eroded edges and has a central mountain .
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astrologer Timaios .
