Terminator
JTC-2688
Mare Imbrium
Below the dark, perfectly flooded floor of Plato, on the northern shore of the Sea of Showers beneath the Alpine Valley.
- Coordinates
- 48.20° N, 8.50° W
- Diameter
- 5.9 km
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Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.
- Diameter
- 4.9 km
- Depth
- 910 m
- Terrain
- Basalt plain
- Tier
- Mare
Mare
JTC-2087
Mare Nubium
20.60° S, 15.90° W
In the Sea of Clouds, near the Straight Wall, a hundred-kilometre fault scarp that casts the sharpest straight shadow on the Moon.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
Time this one with the Straight Wall, eight days after new moon, for the best view of the season.
On the dark basalt seas. The easiest ground to find from your own backyard.
Dedication
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- The “Name A Crater” Collectible Certificate
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Star Chart Poster
- The Children’s Activity Poster
- The Joshua Tree Field Notes Booklet
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Decal
- Permanent entry in our registry
Where it sits
Its place on the near side
The Moon keeps one face turned toward Earth, so your crater is fixed in the same spot of sky every clear night of your life.
JTC-2087 lies at 20.60° S, 15.90° W, in Mare Nubium. On the map, north is up and east is to the right, exactly as it appears through a telescope from the high desert.
1.0×
NEWAlso unclaimed
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