Fontana (lunar crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	16.1° S, 56.6° W
Diameter	31 km
Depth	1.5 km
Colongitude	57° at sunrise
Eponym	Francesco Fontana

Fontana is a lunar crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to the west-northwest of the flooded Zupus crater. Midway between the Fontana and Zupus crater is a rille system designated Rimae Zupus.

This is a low-rimmed crater with an interior floor that is marked only by several small craterlets, and a few low ridges in the southwest. The rim is narrow and roughly circular, with an outward bulge at the northern end. There is a cleft in the northeastern part of the rim.

[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 Fontana crater.

Fontana	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	15.7° S	56.1° W	13 km
B	15.5° S	56.3° W	11 km
C	12.8° S	57.1° W	14 km
D	17.0° S	57.3° W	11 km
E	17.6° S	57.9° W	13 km
F	16.2° S	59.9° W	7 km
G	16.0° S	59.2° W	15 km
H	14.0° S	57.9° W	9 km
K	13.2° S	57.3° W	7 km
M	17.2° S	57.5° W	6 km
W	17.2° S	58.3° W	6 km
Y	16.7° S	58.3° W	5 km