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
- 6.8 km
- Depth
- 1,150 m
- Terrain
- Wrinkle-ridge margin
- Tier
- Highland
Highland
JTC-1108
Mare Imbrium
31.50° N, 21.30° W
Set against a wrinkle ridge, a frozen buckle in lava that cooled three billion years ago. The ridge points toward the crater like a drawn arrow.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
Best seven days after new moon, when low sunlight rakes the ridge and the rim catches light first.
The bright, ancient uplands. Rougher country, more dramatic in a telescope.
Dedication
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- Folded ExplOrbit Moon Map
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- Viewing notes for this crater
Where it sits
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-1108 lies at 31.50° N, 21.30° 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.
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NEWAlso unclaimed
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