Cassini crater on the Moon

E661538

lunar impact crater lunar surface feature

Cassini crater on the Moon is a prominent lunar impact crater in the Moon’s northeastern near side, named in honor of the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cassini (lunar crater)	0
Cassini crater on Mars	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lunar impact crater ⓘ lunar surface feature ⓘ
belongsTo	Mare Imbrium basin region NERFINISHED ⓘ
colongitude	337 ⓘ
depth	1.2 km ⓘ
diameter	57 km ⓘ
eponym	Giovanni Domenico Cassini NERFINISHED ⓘ
featureID	1099 (USGS planetary nomenclature id) ⓘ
hasFloorCharacteristic	few small craterlets ⓘ nearly level floor ⓘ
hasGeologicalContext	Imbrian age terrain ⓘ
hasIAUFeatureType	crater ⓘ
hasInteriorCrater	Cassini A NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini B NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInteriorFeature	central rille system ⓘ lava-flooded floor ⓘ low albedo floor ⓘ
hasOfficialNameLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasRimCharacteristic	broken and worn rim ⓘ polygonal outline ⓘ
hasSatelliteCrater	Cassini A NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini B NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini C NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCataloguedIn	NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ
isProminent	yes ⓘ
isVisibleFrom	Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedNear	Alpine Valley (Vallis Alpes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Alps (lunar mountain range) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ Theaetetus (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnSideOfMoon	near side ⓘ
namedAfter	Giovanni Domenico Cassini NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedBy	International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedBy	Apollo missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Orbiter missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
selenographicLatitude	40.2° N ⓘ
selenographicLongitude	23.9° E ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giovanni Domenico Cassini → eponymOf → Cassini crater on the Moon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini crater on Mars