Icarus (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	5.3° S, 173.2° W
Diameter	96 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	174° at sunrise
Eponym	Icarus

Icarus is a lunar impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side. It is located to the west of the huge Korolev walled-plain, and less than two crater diameters to the east of Daedalus crater. To the south of Icarus is the smaller Amici crater.

This crater has a worn rim and a relatively wide inner wall. A small crater lies across the southern rim, and the side bulges outward slightly along the southwestern face. There is a disproportionately tall central peak located near the crater mid-point. This rise is unusual in that it is taller than the outer rim; most peaks are only about half the crater depth. The remainder of the floor is relatively flat in the eastern half and slightly more irregular to the west.

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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 Icarus crater.

Icarus	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
D	4.3° S	171.2° W	68 km
E	5.2° S	168.8° W	12 km
H	7.8° S	169.4° W	32 km
J	7.3° S	170.9° W	32 km
Q	7.8° S	176.2° W	41 km
V	3.9° S	176.0° W	36 km
X	2.2° S	175.5° W	43 km

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