Ventris (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	4.9° S, 158.0° E
Diameter	95 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	203° at sunrise
Eponym	Michael Ventris

Ventris is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located between Schliemann crater just to the northwest and the large Keeler crater which lies slightly further to the southeast. A crater diameter to the northeast is Vening Meinesz crater.

Since it was formed, this crater has been heavily worn and eroded by subsequent impacts. Multiple craters lie across the rim and within the interior. The largest of these is 'Ventris C' covering the northeastern rim. In the northern part of the floor is 'Ventris A'. The southern floor contains 'Ventris M', a fresh impact crater with a small ray system and a relatively high albedo. The rays from this satellite extend in a skirt that covers most of Ventris crater. Narrower rays extend much further to the northwest and southwest.

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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 Ventris crater.

Ventris	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	4.4° S	158.2° E	26 km
B	2.4° S	158.2° E	18 km
C	3.2° S	158.9° E	48 km
D	3.4° S	160.3° E	21 km
M	6.0° S	157.9° E	18 km
N	7.1° S	157.6° E	63 km
R	6.3° S	155.1° E	13 km

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