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Cleomedes, Oliveira

Cleomedes

Cleomedes, Oliveira

Cleomedes

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Description

Type: Walled plain

Geological period: Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)



Size:

Dimension: 129.0x129.0Km / 76.0x76.0Mi

Height: 0.0

Height/Wide ratio: 0.0238



Description:

Circular formation.

Steep slopes supporting many craterlets whose Tralles to the North-West and Delmotte to the South-East.

Pretty high walls overlapped to the North-West by Cleomedes A and E and to the South by Cleomedes C.

Large flat floor filled with lava and supporting Cleomedes B and J and Rimae Cleomedes. Small mountain off-center.



Observation:

Interest : Exceptional formation

Observation period: 3 days after New Moon or 2 days after Full Moon

Minimal Instrument: 10x binoculars



Position:

Longitude: 55.5° East

Latitude: 27.7° North

Quadrant: North-East

Area: North-West edge of Mare Crisium

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Cleomedes, Oliveira