Paracelsus (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Paracelsus from Apollo 15. NASA photo.
Coordinates	23.0° S, 163.1° E
Diameter	83 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	198° at sunrise
Eponym	Paracelsus

Paracelsus is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the east of Barbier crater, and to the southwest of the large Vertregt walled plain. To the south is the Mare Ingenii, one of the few lunar mares on the far side.

This is a circular crater with the smaller crater 'Paracelsus Y' intruding into the northwestern rim. Attached to the southwest exterior is 'Paracelsus P'. The rim is eroded, although the edge is still moderately well-defined. There is little evident terrace structure along the inner wall, and in places the features are radial to the center. The interior floor is level, with a central peak offset slightly to the west of the mid-point. There are a few tiny craterlets in the southern half of the floor.

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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 Paracelsus crater.

Paracelsus	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	21.7° S	165.1° E	24 km
E	23.0° S	167.2° E	66 km
G	24.6° S	165.7° E	27 km
H	26.0° S	166.2° E	12 km
M	26.1° S	163.0° E	41 km
N	25.4° S	162.0° E	7 km
P	24.9° S	161.7° E	63 km
Y	21.5° S	162.7° E	26 km

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Metric Preview. Apollo Image Archive. Arizona State University. Retrieved on 2007-09-10. — 5 high resolution scans of photographs taken from the Apollo 15 manned module.