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14 - Rupes Altai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2012

Alan Chu ,
Wolfgang Paech  and
Mario Weigand
Translated by
Storm Dunlop
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Rupes Altai 24.3°S, 22.6°E

A slightly arcuate escarpment between the craters Piccolomini and Catharina, with a length of about 440 km. The escarpment is a portion of the outer wall of the Nectaris Basin. The greatest height difference between the mountain crests and the surrounding terrain of about 3 km lies near the crater Pons (44 × 31 km, 25.3°S, 21.5°E) and Fermat (39 km, 22.6°S, 19.8°E) and west of the crater Polybius (41 km, 22.4°S, 25.6°E).

The inclination of the slopes of Rupes Altai is much steeper than, for example, with Rupes Recta or Rupes Cauchy. Rupes Recta and Rupes Cauchy also have a much smaller difference in height compared with the surrounding terrain.

Sacrobosco 23.7°S, 16.7°E

An extremely strongly eroded crater with a diameter of 98 km. The crater floor is smooth and flat. Two distinctive craters, Sacrobosco A (18 km) and B (14 km) lie in the centre of the crater, and a third crater – Sacrobosco C (13 km) – right on the northern, inner edge of the crater.

Lindenau 32.3°S, 24.9°E

A distinctive crater with terraced walls and multiple central peaks. It has a diameter of about 53 km and the crater walls rise about 2.9 km above the crater's floor.

Zagut 32.0°S, 22.1°E

Zagut is a crater that lies directly to the north of Rabbi Levi, 84 km in diameter. A small, round crater lies almost centrally on the crater floor. The southern wall of the crater runs nearly straight in the west—east direction.

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The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas , pp. 65 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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