Mutus (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	63.6° S, 30.1° E
Diameter	78 km
Depth	3.7 km
Colongitude	333° at sunrise
Eponym	Vincente Mut

Mutus is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northeast of the larger Manzinus crater, and some distance to the south of Hommel crater.

The outer rim of Mutus is worn and eroded, with a pair of small but notable craters, 'Mutus A' and 'Mutus V', lying across the eastern rim. A number of other tiny craters lay along the rim and the interior wall. Another crater 'Mutus B' is located on the crater floor, just to the south of the mid-point. The remainder of the interior is relatively flat, and punctuated by several tiny craterlets to the north of 'Mutus B'.

[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 Mutus crater.

Mutus	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	63.8° S	31.8° E	16 km
B	63.9° S	29.5° E	17 km
C	61.2° S	27.2° E	32 km
D	58.4° S	23.3° E	22 km
E	65.5° S	36.1° E	22 km
F	66.2° S	34.1° E	42 km
G	67.2° S	35.1° E	17 km
H	63.6° S	24.2° E	21 km
J	62.7° S	23.3° E	8 km
K	57.8° S	21.5° E	7 km
L	61.8° S	24.9° E	20 km
M	59.1° S	24.4° E	20 km
N	62.4° S	27.6° E	11 km
O	57.7° S	23.8° E	14 km
P	59.1° S	25.7° E	16 km
Q	62.2° S	30.4° E	8 km
R	60.8° S	23.9° E	27 km
S	60.5° S	22.0° E	25 km
T	59.2° S	21.2° E	34 km
V	62.9° S	31.3° E	24 km
W	66.6° S	40.0° E	21 km
X	67.1° S	36.8° E	21 km
Y	64.8° S	35.0° E	26 km
Z	64.0° S	34.5° E	30 km