28 AUG, 2023
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Named after Michael Florent van Langren, the Belgian cartographer, Langrenus is a 2.7 km-deep impact crater. It features a central peak and terraced walls, situated in the southern highlands.
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Named after Mare Crisium, a lunar sea. It's a vast, 555 km-wide impact basin, one of the Moon's largest, located on the eastern side of the moon.
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The smaller, 28 km-wide crater is known for its bright rays and well-preserved polygonal rim. It is named after Proclus, the 5th century Greek mathematician.
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Named after Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, Archimedes is a large, 83 km-wide crater with a rough floor and numerous ridges, located in the Mare Imbrium of the moon.
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Measuring 110 kilometres in diameter, it features a flat floor, a prominent central peak, and steep terraced walls. Be sure to observe the small crater located on its northern rim.
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A flat-floored crater, 101 km wide, known for its dark floor and intricate system of rilles (channels), was named after the Greek philosopher.
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Named after Aristarchus of Samos, this crater measures 40 km in diameter. It is one of the Moon's brightest craters, featuring a central mountain.
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Named after Johannes Kepler, the German mathematician, it's a relatively young crater with a diameter of 32 km, having a complex system of terraced walls and central peaks.
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Named after Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, this 85 km-wide crater is known for its central peak and the prominent rays that extend across the Moon's surface.
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Named after Nicolaus Copernicus, a Renaissance astronomer, it's the most prominent impact crater with a diameter of 93 km, located in the Oceanus Procellarum, which is 800 million years old.