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Aliacensis (crater)

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particularly in the northeast. There is a small crater located across the southern rim. The interior floor is generally flat, with a low central peak slightly offset to the northwest of the midpoint. South of it lie two somewhat broken rings, Kaiser and Nonius. It is 52 kilometers in diameter and
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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 Aliacensis.
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is located just to its north-northwest, and a narrow, rugged valley lies between the two comparably sized formations. To the southwest is
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The rim of Aliacensis is generally circular, with an outward bulge on the eastern wall. The inner wall has some slight
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there is a 3.7 kilometer difference in height between its deepest part and its rim.
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is to the northeast. Aliacensis is named after the 14th century
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The crater area (bottom) in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si
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period, which lasted from 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago.
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Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
30°36′S 5°08′E / 30.60°S 5.13°E / -30.60; 5.13
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Pierre d'Ailly
lunar
impact crater
highlands
Moon
Werner
Walther
Apianus
French
Pierre d'Ailly
Nectarian
terracing


"Aliacensis (crater)"


The geologic history of the Moon
USGS
Don E. Wilhelms
ISBN
0-304-35469-4

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