Rost (crater)
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Crater characteristics | |
Rost crater between Schiller (left of center) and Scheiner (lower right) |
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Coordinates | 56.4° S, 33.7° W |
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Diameter | 48 km |
Depth | 2.0 km |
Colongitude | 35° at sunrise |
Eponym | J. Leonhard Rost |
Rost is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southwest part of the Moon, to the southeast of the elongated Schiller crater formation. To the southeast of Rost is the larger Scheiner crater. West-southwest of this formation is the smaller Weigel crater.
This crater is a circular formation with a low rim and a relatively featureless inner wall and interior floor. There are some tiny craterlets around the rim, including one across the northwest wall and another on the inner wall to the south. The interior has no significant features, with only a tiny craterlet to mark the surface.
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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 Rost crater.
Rost | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 56.5° S | 36.7° W | 39 km |
B | 54.6° S | 36.0° W | 21 km |
D | 56.6° S | 30.9° W | 29 km |
M | 55.5° S | 31.4° W | 26 km |
N | 57.2° S | 33.0° W | 6 km |
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