Terminator
JTC-2688
Mare Imbrium
Below the dark, perfectly flooded floor of Plato, on the northern shore of the Sea of Showers beneath the Alpine Valley.
- Coordinates
- 48.20° N, 8.50° W
- Diameter
- 5.9 km
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Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.
- Diameter
- 4.1 km
- Depth
- 820 m
- Terrain
- Basalt plain
- Tier
- Mare
MareDedicated
JTC-1042
Mare Imbrium
34.20° N, 14.80° W
A clean, bowl-shaped impact on the smooth floor of the Sea of Showers. Its rim is young enough to still throw a crisp shadow at first quarter.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
Rides high over Joshua Tree on spring evenings. Look two-thirds of the way up the northwestern quadrant.
On the dark basalt seas. The easiest ground to find from your own backyard.
Dedication
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- The “Name A Crater” Collectible Certificate
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Star Chart Poster
- The Moon Map
- The Children’s Activity Poster
- The Joshua Tree Field Notes Booklet
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Decal
- Permanent entry in our registry
This crater has already been named and is retired from the atlas.
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Its place on the near side
The Moon keeps one face turned toward Earth, so your crater is fixed in the same spot of sky every clear night of your life.
JTC-1042 lies at 34.20° N, 14.80° W, in Mare Imbrium. On the map, north is up and east is to the right, exactly as it appears through a telescope from the high desert.
1.0×
NEWAlso unclaimed
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