Smithson (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates 2.4° N, 53.6° E
Diameter 5 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude   308° at sunrise
Eponym James Smithson

Smithson is a small lunar impact crater located in the northeast part of Mare Fecunditatis. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding, dark lunar mare. It was previously identified as 'Taruntius N' before being renamed by the IAU. Taruntius crater lies to the west-northwest, in the northwest part of the same mare.

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