Terminator
JTC-1402
Oceanus Procellarum
One of the largest unclaimed craters on the near side, wide enough to swallow a city and deep enough to hide a mountain.
- Coordinates
- 9.40° N, 61.70° W
- Diameter
- 8.3 km
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Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.
- Diameter
- 3.2 km
- Depth
- 640 m
- Terrain
- Bay shoreline
- Tier
- Highland
HighlandDedicated
JTC-1237
Sinus Iridum
44.60° N, 30.90° W
Inside the Bay of Rainbows, the most elegant curve on the near side, where the Jura Mountains sweep out into a half-drowned crater wall.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
The Golden Handle effect lights this bay for a few hours each month. Worth planning a desert trip around.
The bright, ancient uplands. Rougher country, more dramatic in a telescope.
Dedication
$22
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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.
Find another craterWhere 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-1237 lies at 44.60° N, 30.90° W, in Sinus Iridum. 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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