Loading AI tools
Lunar impact crater From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cysatus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern part of the Moon's near side. It is joined to the northeastern rim of the larger crater Gruemberger, and intrudes slightly into the interior of that formation. Due south is the larger Moretus, and to the east is Curtius. These craters appear foreshortened when observed from Earth because of their far south location.
Coordinates | 66.2°S 6.1°W |
---|---|
Diameter | 49 km |
Depth | 4.0 km |
Colongitude | 7° at sunrise |
Eponym | Jean-Baptiste Cysat |
This circular crater is slightly unusual for its lack of interesting features. No notable craters lie along its rim or the flat, level interior. The inner walls are devoid of terraces and just slope down to the flat floor, although the width of the inner wall is narrower to the northeast than elsewhere.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Cysatus.
Cysatus | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 64.2° S | 0.8° W | 14 km |
B | 65.7° S | 1.8° W | 8 km |
C | 63.8° S | 0.6° E | 27 km |
D | 65.0° S | 6.0° W | 5 km |
E | 66.7° S | 1.3° W | 48 km |
F | 63.9° S | 3.5° W | 5 km |
G | 65.8° S | 0.3° W | 6 km |
H | 66.8° S | 0.0° E | 8 km |
J | 63.0° S | 0.8° E | 10 km |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.