Mutus (crater)

Mutus (crater)
Mutus (crater)
Coordinates 63°36′S 30°06′E / 63.6°S 30.1°E / -63.6; 30.1Coordinates: 63°36′S 30°06′E / 63.6°S 30.1°E / -63.6; 30.1
Diameter 78 km
Depth 3.7 km
Colongitude 333° at sunrise
Eponym Vincente Mut

Mutus is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northeast of the larger crater Manzinus, and some distance to the south of Hommel. It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.[1]

The outer rim of Mutus is worn and eroded, with a pair of small but notable craters, Mutus A and Mutus V, lying across the eastern rim. A number of other tiny craters lay along the rim and the interior wall. Another crater, Mutus B, is located on the crater floor, just to the south of the mid-point. The remainder of the interior is relatively flat, and punctuated by several tiny craterlets to the north of Mutus B.[2]

Mutus is named for Vincente Mut (Muth), a 17th-century Spanish astronomer and sailor.[1]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Mutus.[3]

Mutus Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 63.8° S 31.8° E 16 km
B 63.9° S 29.5° E 17 km
C 61.2° S 27.2° E 32 km
D 58.4° S 23.3° E 22 km
E 65.5° S 36.1° E 22 km
F 66.2° S 34.1° E 42 km
G 67.2° S 35.1° E 17 km
H 63.6° S 24.2° E 21 km
J 62.7° S 23.3° E 8 km
K 57.8° S 21.5° E 7 km
L 61.8° S 24.9° E 20 km
M 59.1° S 24.4° E 20 km
N 62.4° S 27.6° E 11 km
O 57.7° S 23.8° E 14 km
P 59.1° S 25.7° E 16 km
Q 62.2° S 30.4° E 8 km
R 60.8° S 23.9° E 27 km
S 60.5° S 22.0° E 25 km
T 59.2° S 21.2° E 34 km
V 62.9° S 31.3° E 24 km
W 66.6° S 40.0° E 21 km
X 67.1° S 36.8° E 21 km
Y 64.8° S 35.0° E 26 km
Z 64.0° S 34.5° E 30 km

References

  1. ^ a b Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  2. ^ Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8. 
  3. ^ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2. 

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