Zupus (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 17.2° S, 52.3° W |
| Diameter | 38 km |
| Depth | None |
| Colongitude | 52° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Giovanni B. Zupi |
Zupus is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar crater. It is located on a southwestern reach of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the northwest of Mare Humorum. To the north-northeast is the flooded Billy crater, and some distance to the southeast is the Mersenius crater. A system of faint rilles named the Rimae Zupus lie to the northwest, following a coarse to the north-northwest toward the maria.
Little remains of the original formation, and the rim is low and irregular in outline — almost giving the feature the appearance of a valley rather than a crater. This rim climbs to a maximum height of 1.3 km above the base. The crater Zupus S intrudes upon the eastern rim. A faint ghost-crater lies in the maria to the northeast. The maria covering the Zupus crater floor is darker in hue than the surrounding terrain, making the feature relatively easy for an observer to locate.
[edit] Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Zupus crater.
| Zupus | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 17.2° S | 53.5° W | 6 km |
| B | 17.6° S | 54.3° W | 6 km |
| C | 17.3° S | 55.1° W | 19 km |
| D | 19.7° S | 53.4° W | 17 km |
| F | 17.3° S | 54.0° W | 4 km |
| K | 15.7° S | 52.1° W | 17 km |
| S | 17.0° S | 51.3° W | 24 km |
| V | 18.2° S | 56.3° W | 4 km |
| X | 18.9° S | 54.9° W | 5 km |
| Y | 17.4° S | 49.6° W | 2 km |
| Z | 18.2° S | 50.1° W | 3 km |
[edit] References
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