Fauth (crater)
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Fauth is a small double-crater
located at the edge of the rough southern ramparts of the prominent ray crater Copernicus
on the Moon
. It lies in the Mare Imbrium
, to the northeast of the crater Reinhold
.
This formation is composed of the merged craters Fauth and the slightly smaller Fauth A. The latter craterlet cuts into the southern rim of Fauth, and has a radius of 9.6 kilometers. Fauth is most likely a secondary crater that was created by the formation of Copernicus.
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
located at the edge of the rough southern ramparts of the prominent ray crater Copernicus
Copernicus (lunar crater)
Copernicus is a prominent lunar impact crater named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It is estimated to be about 800 million years old, and typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system.-...
on the Moon
Moon
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. It lies in the Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago...
, to the northeast of the crater Reinhold
Reinhold (crater)
Reinhold is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Copernicus, on the Mare Insularum. To the southeast is the slightly smaller crater Lansberg....
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This formation is composed of the merged craters Fauth and the slightly smaller Fauth A. The latter craterlet cuts into the southern rim of Fauth, and has a radius of 9.6 kilometers. Fauth is most likely a secondary crater that was created by the formation of Copernicus.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Fauth.| Fauth | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 6.0° N | 20.1° W | 10 km |
| B | 5.8° N | 19.3° W | 3 km |
| C | 5.2° N | 18.8° W | 4 km |
| D | 6.0° N | 18.4° W | 5 km |
| E | 5.4° N | 20.7° W | 4 km |
| F | 5.5° N | 17.4° W | 4 km |
| G | 5.3° N | 16.2° W | 3 km |
| H | 4.8° N | 16.2° W | 4 km |