Archimedes
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Archimedes is a prominent lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its large, flat floor and location within the Mare Imbrium.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archimedes (lunar crater) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar crater
ⓘ
lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| albedo | low ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Mare Imbrium region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestObservedAt | low sun angle ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Montes Archimedes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montes Spitzbergen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogIn | IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colongitude | 4° ⓘ |
| depth | 2.1 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 83 km ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | early telescopic observers ⓘ |
| floorComposition | basaltic lava ⓘ |
| floorCondition | smooth ⓘ |
| geologicUnit | mare basalt ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flooded floor by mare basalt
ⓘ
inner floor largely free of smaller craters ⓘ lacks central peak ⓘ large flat floor ⓘ polygonal outer rim ⓘ terraced inner walls ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | flooded-walled plain ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Archimedes A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Archimedes B NERFINISHED ⓘ Archimedes C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IauFeatureId | 303 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Imbrium basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Archimedes of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | Giovanni Riccioli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingYear | 1651 ⓘ |
| neighboringCrater |
Aristillus (lunar crater)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Autolycus (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bancroft (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Timocharis (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationalInterest | prominent telescopic target ⓘ |
| quadrant | north-central near side ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Mare Imbrium ⓘ |
| relativeAge | Eratosthenian ⓘ |
| rimCondition | sharp and well-defined ⓘ |
| rimElevationRelativeToFloor | about 2 km ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 24.4° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 4.0° W ⓘ |
| shape | roughly circular ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.