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Moon & Aristarchus, Raul Cantemir

Moon & Aristarchus

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Moon & Aristarchus, Raul Cantemir

Moon & Aristarchus

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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This moon close-up shows, among other things, the main crater Aristarchus with it's 9 secondary craters.
It has a diameter of 40 kilometers and is located in a libration region on the front side of the lunar surface.

Other visible craters are Seleucus, Briggs and even the main crater Eddington with 1 secondary crater. You can see it very well in the picture
the floor of the crater, which is practically flat. Even the almost submerged crater Eddington P in the southeastern part can be clearly seen.

The Prinz impact crater is located northeast of the well-known Aristarchus radiation crater in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum.

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