Cayley (crater)
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Cayley is a small lunar impact crater that is located in a lava-flooded region to the west of Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after the 19th-century English mathematician Arthur Cayley.[1] It lies to the northwest of the smaller crater De Morgan and the larger D'Arrest. West and slightly north of Cayley is Whewell, a crater of about the same dimensions. To the north is a linear rille designated Rima Ariadaeus, which follows a course to the east-southeast.
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Coordinates | 4.0°N 15.1°E / 4.0; 15.1 |
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Diameter | 14 km |
Depth | 3.1 km |
Colongitude | 345° at sunrise |
Eponym | Arthur Cayley |
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