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Aristoteles and Eudoxus., Ron Giddy

Aristoteles and Eudoxus.

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Aristoteles and Eudoxus craters are located on the Southern edge of the Luna Mare Frigoris - The Sea of Cold, which in terms of Mare descriptive Selenography is somewhat vaguely defined. Aristoteles lies east of the Montes Alpes and to the north of the Montes Caucasus which are at the foot of the image. It is an impact crater of approximately 87kms in diameter with a depth of 3700.0m. Its relatively shallow depth for a crater of such diameter may indicate post impact lava flooding. Unlike most examples of complex craters the absence of any high central mountain could be an indication that such an event did occur leaving only the tops of the impactor peaks visible. The almost complete collapse of the crater South-Western wall is sharply seen in this image along with well-defined terraces to the East bordering the earlier formed Mitchell crater. The South Wall of Aristoteles has also been “pushed in” by ejecta from the impactor that later produced Eudoxus crater.

Eudoxus crater is 67km in diameter and around 3.4km in depth, as with its neighbour it lacks a central peak and contains only a group of low hills scattered about the central area. The terraced structure of the walls is clearly visible.

Camera ASI294CM Pro mounted on a Mak-Cas 180/2700mm captured with Sharpcap, 5142 frames in SER Format @ 24/sec. stacked with AutoStakkert 3 and final processed in Photoshop.

Image taken Torrevieja Spain. 23/03/2021.

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Aristoteles and Eudoxus., Ron Giddy