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Plato with three craterlets - 20200403 - MAK90, altazastro

Plato with three craterlets - 20200403 - MAK90

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Plato with three craterlets - 20200403 - MAK90, altazastro

Plato with three craterlets - 20200403 - MAK90

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Two craterlets are near the center of Plato, a fainter one is below them and slightly to the right.

All of them are in the 2-3 km diameter range, and hence at the very limit of a 90 mm scope.

The rima inside Vallis Alpes unfortunately remains beyond the grasp of the little MAK.

Indeed up to six craterlets inside Plato can be "glimpsed" if you zoom in and know where to look for thanks to a higher resolution image like this one:

High Res Plato

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Plato with three craterlets - 20200403 - MAK90, altazastro