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Seleucus (crater)

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prove that the final mare flooding occurred after the crater was formed, and so the crater is older than the youngest (uppermost) mare basalts in the vicinity.
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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 Seleucus.
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Approximately 50 kilometers to the southeast of Seleucus, on the Oceanus Procellarum, is the landing site of the
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Crater area in selenochromatic Image (Si) . More infos here : https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica
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The narrowness of the rim of Seleucus and the abrupt contact between its raised rim and the surrounding
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crater, about 500 km to the southwest, grazes the southeastern rim of Seleucus.
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Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
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Similar view from Apollo 15 before sunlight struck the west rim.
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Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (online version)
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Index


LRO
Coordinates
21°00′N 66°36′W / 21.0°N 66.6°W / 21.0; -66.6
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Seleucus of Seleucia

lunar
impact crater
Oceanus Procellarum
lava
Eddington
Krafft
Briggs

Apollo 15
terminator

terraced
rampart
ray
Glushko
mare
Soviet
Luna 13
3288 Seleucus
Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (online version)

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