Kant (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Kant (lower center) and Zöllner (upper left) from Apollo 16. Mons Penck is also visible to the right, below center. NASA photo.
Coordinates	10.6° S, 20.1° E
Diameter	32 km
Depth	3.1 km
Colongitude	40° at sunrise
Eponym	Immanuel Kant

Kant is a small lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the prominent Cyrillus crater and the comparably-sized Ibn Rushd crater. To the northwest is the Zöllner crater, and to the east is the Mons Penck. This last feature forms a mountainous promontory reaching a height of about 4 km.

This crater has a well-defined and somewhat uneven rim that is roughly circular in shape. The inner walls have a higher albedo than the surrounding surface, giving them a lighter appearance. Parts of the inner wall have slumped across the inner floor, producing an irregular surface. At the mid-point of the interior is a low central rise.

[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 Kant crater.

Kant	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	9.7° S	18.6° E	16 km
C	9.3° S	22.1° E	20 km
D	11.5° S	18.7° E	52 km
G	9.2° S	19.5° E	32 km
H	9.1° S	20.8° E	7 km
N	9.9° S	19.7° E	10 km
O	12.0° S	17.2° E	7 km
P	10.8° S	17.4° E	5 km
Q	13.1° S	18.8° E	5 km
S	11.5° S	19.7° E	5 km
T	11.3° S	20.2° E	5 km
Z	10.4° S	17.5° E	3 km

[edit] References

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• Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 1852331933. 

[edit] External links

• LTO-78C1 Kant — L&PI topographic orthophoto map.