Curtis (crater)
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Coordinates | 14.6° N, 56.5° E |
Diameter | 3 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 187° at sunrise |
Eponym | Heber D. Curtis |
Curtis is a tiny lunar crater that lies in the western Mare Crisium, to the east of Picard crater. It is a circular, cup-shaped formation that is otherwise undistinguished.
In the past it was designated 'Picard Z', before it was assigned an eponym by the IAU.
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