Loading AI tools
Crater on the Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hesiodus is a lunar impact crater located on the southern fringes of Mare Nubium, to the northwest of the crater Pitatus. It was named after the ancient Greek poet Hesiod.[1] Starting near the northwest rim of Hesiodus is the wide cleft named Rima Hesiodus. This rille runs 300 km east-southeastward to the Palus Epidemiarum
Coordinates | 29.4°S 16.3°W |
---|---|
Diameter | 43 km |
Depth | 1.4 km |
Colongitude | 16° at sunrise |
Eponym | Hesiod |
The low rim of Hesiodus is heavily worn, with the southwest rim being slightly intruded upon by Hesodius A. The latter is an unusual circular crater with a concentric inner wall. To the southeast, a cleft in the wall of Hesiodus joins the crater to Pitatus.
Inside Hesiodus, the floor is flooded and relatively flat. It lacks a central peak, and, instead, a small impact crater Hesiodus D lies at the middle.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Hesiodus.
Hesiodus | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 30.1° S | 17.0° W | 15 km |
B | 27.1° S | 17.5° W | 10 km |
D | 29.3° S | 16.4° W | 5 km |
E | 27.8° S | 15.3° W | 3 km |
X | 27.3° S | 16.2° W | 24 km |
Y | 28.3° S | 17.2° W | 17 km |
Z | 28.7° S | 19.4° W | 4 km |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.