Aratus
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Aratus
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Lat: 23.56°N, Long: 4.5°E, Diam: 10.23 km, Depth: 1.155 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2022 Rükl: 22] |
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LO-IV-102H The shadow-casting peak to the north is unnamed. It is about 1900 m tall, very similar to the depth of Aratus.
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([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) ARATUS.--One of the most brilliant objects on the visible surface of the moon, a crater 7 miles in diameter, S. of [/Mons%20Hadley Mount Hadley], surrounded by the lofty mountain arms and towering heights of the [/Montes%20Apenninus Apennines]. A peak close by on the N. is more than 10,000 feet, and another farther removed towards the N.E. is over 14,000 feet in altitude.
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Additional Information
- IAU page: Aratus
- Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
- Elachi, 1976: 1.155 km
- Pike, 1976: 1.88 km
- Arthur, 1974: 1.87 km
- Westfall, 2000: 1.88 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 1.86 km
- Aratus has a flat bottom with tapering walls. As measured by [/LTVT LTVT] the shadows in both the Lunar Orbiter and Apollo images indicate the floor is 1940 m below the east wall. The Elachi depth value, though nominally the most accurate, is clearly incorrect, at least if measured from the east wall. - JimMosher JimMosher
- An interesting feature related only by name is [/Aratus%20CA Aratus CA], 6°(187 km) to the ENE in [/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis].
- Aratus C and a small crater to its SW are thermal anomaly craters, implying youthful ages - [/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]
- Aratus D and Dorsum Gast are mentioned in [/NASA%20SP-362 Apollo Over the Moon], Chapter 7: Unusual Features (part 1), Figure 227.
Nomenclature
Aratus (Greek Aratos) (ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) was a Macedonian Greek didactic poet, known for his technical poetry.
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