Astronomy:Artemis (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Artemis
Felix Artemis Verne LTVT.JPG
Diameter2 km
Colongitude336° at sunrise


Artemis is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the Mare Imbrium. Craters of this dimension typically form cup-shaped excavations on the surface of the Moon. It lies near the midpoint between the craters Euler to the west and Lambert to the east. Just a few kilometers to the southeast is the even smaller Verne.

It is named after Artemis, a Greek goddess who symbolizes the Moon and a Greek female first name.[1]

References

  1. "Artemis (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

External links

  • Artemis, 40A4S1(10), Lunar Topophotomap