Flamsteed (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
| Coordinates | 4.5° S, 44.3° W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21 km |
| Depth | 2.2 km |
| Colongitude | 44° at sunrise |
| Eponym | John Flamsteed |
Flamsteed is a small lunar crater located on the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies almost due east of the dark-hued Grimaldi basin, and north-northwest of the flooded Letronne crater bay on the south edge of the mare.
The rim of this crater is not circular in form, having a bulging rim to the southeast. The interior is relatively flat and undistinguished by impacts. The crater lies within the southern rim of a crater that has been almost completely submerged by the basaltic-lava flows that formed the Oceanus Procellarum. All that remains of this feature designated 'Flamsteed P' are some low ridges and hills arranged in a circular formation.
The Surveyor 1 craft landed within the northeast rim of the buried 'Flamsteed P' feature, about 50 kilometers north-northeast of the Flamsteed crater rim.
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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 Flamsteed crater.
| Flamsteed | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 7.9° S | 42.9° W | 11 km |
| B | 5.9° S | 43.7° W | 10 km |
| C | 5.5° S | 46.3° W | 9 km |
| D | 3.2° S | 44.9° W | 6 km |
| E | 3.7° S | 46.1° W | 2 km |
| F | 4.7° S | 41.1° W | 5 km |
| G | 4.8° S | 50.9° W | 46 km |
| H | 5.9° S | 51.7° W | 4 km |
| J | 6.6° S | 49.3° W | 5 km |
| K | 3.1° S | 43.7° W | 4 km |
| L | 3.4° S | 40.9° W | 4 km |
| M | 2.4° S | 40.6° W | 4 km |
| P | 3.2° S | 44.1° W | 112 km |
| S | 3.4° S | 52.2° W | 4 km |
| T | 3.1° S | 51.6° W | 24 km |
| U | 3.6° S | 50.2° W | 4 km |
| X | 2.3° S | 47.3° W | 3 km |
| Z | 1.3° S | 47.8° W | 3 km |
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