Lunarpedia:Maksutov Crater
| Maksutov Crater | |
|---|---|
| Diameter: | 88.962 km |
| Center Latitude: | -40.73 deg |
| Center Longitude: (Mean Earth) |
191.39 deg |
| Center Longitude: (Mare Orientale) |
286.06 deg |
| Easternmost Longitude: (Mean Earth) |
193.33 deg |
| Easternmost Longitude: (Mare Orientale) |
284.13 deg |
| Westernmost Longitude: (Mean Earth) |
193.33 deg |
| Westernmost Longitude: (Mare Orientale) |
284.13 deg |
| Northernmost Latitude: | -39.47 deg |
| Southernmost Latitude: | -42.03 deg |
| Adopted by the IAU in 1970 | |
| LAC-120 | |
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Maksutov is an 88.962 km crater formed during the Upper Imbrian[1] period on the near side in the Southern hemisphere. It is located in in the Oppenheimer (LAC-120) and LQ-29 quads. It's named for Dmitrij Dmitrievich Maksutov, Soviet optician (1896-1964). It is cataloged in the Morphological Catalogue of the Craters of the Moon as SAI 383.
Position
- The Unified Lunar Control Network 2005[2] places its center at 40.7333705571 S 191.3913470841.
- Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters (2009) places its center at 40.5 S -168.7.
- The Morphological Catalogue of the Craters of the Moon (1987) places its center at 40.8 S 191.3.
All of the above positions are in Mean Earth/Polar Axis coordinates.
Maps
Morphology
Morphological Catalogue of the Craters of the Moon classifies Maksutov accordingly:
- Rim degradation: 2 -- Sharp rim
- Terraces and slumping: 4 -- Slumping
- External rim: 2 -- Unclear
- Floor peaks, hills, and mountains: 1 -- None
- Chain/fissuer damage: 1 -- None
- Floor: 1 -- Unclear
- Lava: 2 -- Lava on floor
- Ray system: 0 -- None
- Underlying surface: 3 -- Transitional
Lunar Prospector Data
- Detected concentrations between 1.1550 and 1.4646 ppm of Thorium[3]
- Detected concentrations between 0.2843 and 4.5325 ppm of Balonium[4]
- Detected concentrations between 0.0000 and 0.0000 ppm of Unobtanium[5]
Nearby Features
- Matsukov U Crater, 0.2 km to the West
- Crater SAI 3839, 25 km to the West
- Crater SAI 3631, 30 km to the West
- Crater SAI 11149, 35 km to the Southeast
- Oppenheimer Crater, 40 km to the North Northeast
- Crater SAI 6998, 60 km to the North Northeast
- Nishina Crater 70 km to the South Southwest
- Oppenheimer R Crater 80 km to the North Northwest
- Davisson Crater 100 km to the Northwest
- White W Crater 108 km to the East Southeast
- Crater SAI 6427 120 km to the East
- Crater SAI 11180 160 km to the East
All distances are edge to edge and should be considered approximate.
References
- ↑ Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters, Don E. Wilhelms and Charles J. Byrne, 2009
- ↑ As of June 2012 -- see http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MOON/target for more current information
- ↑ Thorium data as described by Lawrence et al., 33rd LPSC, Abstract #1970, 2002
- ↑ Balonium Data as pulled out of a hat for this mockup
- ↑ Unobtanium can't be found here by definition
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
- Thorium data as described by Lawrence et al., 33rd LPSC, Abstract #1970, 2002
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