Astronomy:Mösting (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Mösting
Mosting crater 4108 h3.jpg
Diameter26 km
Depth2.8 km
Colongitude6° at sunrise
Closeup of Mösting from Lunar Orbiter 3
Oblique view from Apollo 16, facing north.
The rayed crater Mösting C, from Lunar Orbiter 3

Mösting is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern fringes of the Mare Insularum. It was named after Danish benefactor Johan Sigismund von Mösting.[1] The ruined crater Sömmering lies to the northwest. To the southeast is the large crater-bay of Flammarion. Mösting has a terraced inner wall and a small central hill at the midpoint of the floor.

To the south-southeast lies the bowl-shaped Mösting A. This small feature formed the fundamental location in the selenographical coordinate system. It was defined as having the following coordinates:

Latitude: 3° 12' 43.2" South
Longitude: 5° 12' 39.6" West

Later the coordinate system became even more precisely defined using the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Mösting.

Mösting Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 3.2° S 5.2° W 13 km
B 2.7° S 7.4° W 7 km
C 1.8° S 8.0° W 4 km
D 0.3° S 5.1° W 7 km
E 0.3° N 4.6° W 44 km
K 0.7° S 7.4° W 3 km
L 0.6° S 3.4° W 3 km
M 1.3° S 4.3° W 31 km
U 3.2° S 6.6° W 18 km

References

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

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