lunar crater Arago
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Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arago (lunar crater) | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| associatedWith | lunar domes ⓘ |
| catalog | Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralRiseDescription | small central hill ⓘ |
| colongitude | 349 ⓘ |
| depth | 1.8 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 26 km ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation |
astronomer
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ |
| featureType | IAU lunar crater ⓘ |
| floorCharacteristic | relatively level ⓘ |
| hasCentralRise | yes ⓘ |
| hasEponym | François Arago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Arago alpha (lunar dome)
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ⓘ
Arago beta (lunar dome) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Arago A
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ⓘ
Arago B NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago C NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago D NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago E NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago F NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago G NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago H NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago K NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago L NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago M NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago N NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago P NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago R NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago S NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorAlbedo | higher than surrounding mare ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mare Tranquillitatis
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ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedNorthwestOf |
crater Ritter
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ⓘ
crater Sabine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | crater Sosigenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | crater Manners ⓘ |
| mareRegion | central Mare Tranquillitatis ⓘ |
| namedAfter | François Arago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationalInterest | visible in small amateur telescopes ⓘ |
| quadrangle | LQ13 ⓘ |
| rimCondition | sharp-edged ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 6.1° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 21.4° E ⓘ |
| surfaceAge | Imbrian ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | basaltic lava plains ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.