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Archimedes and Autolycus Craters, Keith Grice

Archimedes and Autolycus Craters

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Mare Imbrium showing its mineral colours .

ARCHIMEDES.-- the Eastern side of Mare Imbrium. Flooded crater Archimedes (83 km) is the dominant feature and the largest crater within Mare Imbrium. It has a depth of 2.1 km and the two largest internal craterlets, T to the left and S to the right, are both 3 km in diameter. The mountain range Montes Spitzbergen lies to the North of Archimedes, together with several scattered isolated mountains. Autolycus (39 km) lies to the East (right) in part shadow; it is a deeper crater with a depth of 3.4 km. Imagine a line between the crater centres and 2/3 the way from the larger crater wall to the smaller crater wall. - there it is! Aristillus (55 km) sits in the top RH corner. This crater has beautiful terraced walls and a complex group of central peaks rising up to 0.9 km above the crater floor.

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Archimedes and Autolycus Craters, Keith Grice

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