Highland
JTC-2536
Southern Highlands
Deep in the ancient southern highlands, on terrain so saturated with impacts that every new crater lands inside an older one.
- Coordinates
- 38.70° S, 16.40° E
- Diameter
- 6.6 km
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Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.
- Diameter
- 9.1 km
- Depth
- 1,580 m
- Terrain
- Ray-crossed highland
- Tier
- Terminator
Terminator
JTC-2470
Southern Highlands
41.30° S, 9.70° W
Crossed by the bright rays of Tycho, the youngest large crater on the Moon, whose splash marks reach a quarter of the way around the globe.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
At full moon the Tycho rays blaze white and run directly across this ground. Spectacular in binoculars.
Large craters that catch the sunrise line and throw kilometres of shadow.
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-2470 lies at 41.30° S, 9.70° W, in Southern Highlands. 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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