Astronomy:Carrillo (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Carrillo
Carillo crater AS16-M-1609.jpg
Apollo 16 Mapping Camera image
Diameter17.85 km
Depth2.5 km[1]
Colongitude278° at sunrise
Oblique view from Apollo 17

Carrillo is a small lunar impact crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. In this location the crater is subject to lunar libration effects, and appears highly oval due to foreshortening. It is located on the slope of highlands on the west side of Mare Smythii, and its inner wall is wider on the western side than to the east.

The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1979.[2]

References

  1. LTO-81B1 Haldane, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series, Defense Mapping Agency, Scale: 1:250,000. 1973.
  2. Carrillo, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)