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Mercator (crater)

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Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU".
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Mercator.
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The rim of Mercator is only somewhat eroded, and several tiny craters lie on the west and eastern rims. The interior floor has been flooded by
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The Rupes Mercator fault is tangential with the northeastern outer rim of Mercator. The eastern edge of
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from the Rimae Ramsden reaches the western rim at the site of the craterlet Mercator C.
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Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
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in the past, leaving a relatively smooth and featureless surface.
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Index


Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
29°15′S 26°07′W / 29.25°S 26.11°W / -29.25; -26.11
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Gerardus Mercator
lunar
impact crater
Mare Nubium
Moon
Gerardus Mercator
Campanus
Palus Epidemiarum
rille
lava
Nectarian

"Mercator (crater)"
The geologic history of the Moon
USGS
Don E. Wilhelms
Whitaker, E. A.
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
978-0-521-81528-4

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