Taruntius Crater ( lat. Taruntius ) is a large young impact crater on the northwest coast of the Sea of Plenty on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the Roman philosopher, mathematician Lucius Tarutius Firmian (I century BC) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater belongs to the Eratosthenes period [1] .
| Tarunzius | |
|---|---|
| lat Taruntius | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 57.3 km |
| Deepest | 1100 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Lucius Tarutius Firman (I century BC) - Roman philosopher, mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The closest neighbors of the Taruntius crater are Lawrence Crater in the west-north-west; Leonardo Da Vinci Crater in the north-north-west; Watts Crater in the North; Assad craters in the east-northeast; Anvil Crater in the southeast and Secchi Crater in the southwest. To the west of the crater is the Sea of Tranquility ; in the north-north-west - the Bay of Concord and, behind it, the Swamp of Sleep ; in the southeast - the chain of craters of Tarunziya ; in the south-southeast - the Kashman ridge ; in the south - the Kato ridges ; in the southwest are the Secchi Mountains [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter - 57.3 km [3] , depth - 1100 m [4] .
Tarutius Crater has a polygonal shape with a double protrusion in the southeastern part and is moderately destroyed. Judging by the raised and cracked bottom, the crater relief is altered by raising sea lava beneath it (the thickness of the intrusion is estimated at 1.9 km and the diameter at 30 km ) [5] . The shaft is low, somewhat flattened, but retained a fairly clear outline. The northwestern extremity of the shaft is blocked by a small Cameron crater. The inner slope of the shaft is narrow, with a slope of 29 ° in the eastern part [1] . In all likelihood, the inner slope had a terrace-like structure, now hidden after raising the bottom of the crater bowl, so that only the ledge of the upper terrace is visible above the surface. The bottom of the bowl is relatively flat, with a system of furrows named after the crater that are concentric with respect to the shaft. The massive complex of central peaks is somewhat offset north of the center of the bowl. The height of the western part of the peaks is 1900 m, the eastern - 700 m [6] . To the south of the central peaks and in the northern part of the rampart in the area of the Cameron crater are dark areas, which are probably pyroclastic deposits.
Tarutius Crater is the center of a system of rays extending over a distance of 300 km and is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [7] .
Satellite craters
| Tarunzius | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 7.3 | |
| F | 10.2 | |
| H | 8.6 | |
| K | 5.7 | |
| L | 14.3 | |
| O | 6 | |
| P | 6.8 | |
| R | 4.8 | |
| S | 4.8 | |
| T | 4.3 | |
| U | 8.7 | |
| V | 19.8 | |
| W | 16.8 | |
| X | 22.6 | |
| Z | 18.8 |
- The satellite crater Taruntius A in 1976 was renamed the International Astronomical Union as Assad Crater.
- The satellite crater Taruntius C in 1973 was renamed the International Astronomical Union as Assad Crater.
- The satellite crater Taruntius D in 1973 was renamed the Waters Crater by the International Astronomical Union.
- The satellite crater Taruntius E in 1973 was renamed the Waters Crater by the International Astronomical Union.
- The satellite crater Taruntius G was renamed the Anville Crater by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
- The satellite crater Taruntius M in 1973 was renamed the International Astronomical Union as the Lawrence Crater.
- The satellite crater Taruntius N in 1976 was renamed the Smithson Crater by the International Astronomical Union.
- The formation of the satellite crater Taruncius H belongs to the Eratosthenesian period [8] .
- The satellite crater Taruntius K is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [7] .
- Satellite craters Taruntius B, C, F, G, H, O, P are among the craters in which temperature anomalies were recorded during eclipses . This is explained by the fact that such craters are small in age and the rocks did not have time to become covered with regolith , which has a thermally insulating effect.
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- Planetary Nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the Moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- ↑ Tarunzius Crater on the LAC-61 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ Wichman RW, Schultz PH Crater-Centered Laccoliths on the Moon: Modeling Intrusion Depth and Magmatic Pressure at the Crater Taruntius (English) // Icarus: journal. - 1996. - Vol. 122 , no. 1 . - P. 193-199 . - DOI : 10.1006 / icar.1996.0118 . - .
- ↑ Naosuke Sekiguchi, 1972. Catalog of Central Peaks and Floor Objects of the Lunar Craters on the Visible Hemisphere. University of Tokyo Press and University Park Press.
- ↑ 1 2 List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo-10, Apollo-15, Apollo-16, Apollo-17.
- Taruntius Crater on the map of LAC-61.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Tarunzius Crater on AIC61C map.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Terrific Taruntius.
- Excellent Taruntius.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.