Amontons (crater)
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Amontons is a tiny lunar impact crater in the western half of the Mare Fecunditatis. It is a circular, cup-shaped formation that has been excavated out of the level surface by the impact, and is the same dark hue as the surrounding mare. When the sun is at a low angle, multiple ghost-craters are visible in the mare surface to the south-southeast and north of it.
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Coordinates | 5.3°S 46.8°E / -5.3; 46.8 |
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Diameter | 3 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 213° at sunrise |
Eponym | Guillaume Amontons |
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