Hypatia (crater)
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Coordinates | 4°18′S 22°36′E / 4.3°S 22.6°ECoordinates: 4°18′S 22°36′E / 4.3°S 22.6°E |
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Diameter | 41 × 28 km |
Depth | 1.4 km |
Colongitude | 338° at sunrise |
Eponym | Hypatia of Alexandria |
Hypatia is a lunar impact crater that lies along the northwest edge of Sinus Asperitatis, a bay on the southwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. The nearest crater with an eponym is Alfraganus to the west-southwest. However, farther to the south-southeast, across the lunar mare, is the prominent crater Theophilus.
Hypatia is an asymmetrical formation with a rugged, irregular outer rim that is cut through by narrow clefts in several locations. It is generally longer along an axis running to the north-northwest, with the widest outward bulge occurring on the west side at the northern end. It resembles a merger of several crater formations that have gained a common interior floor. Attached to the exterior rim along the southwest is the satellite crater Hypatia A, a more symmetrical, bowl-shaped crater.
Rimae Hypatia
About 70 kilometers to the north of Hypatia is a system of linear rilles designated Rimae Hypatia. This runs for a length of about 180 kilometers across the Mare Tranquillitatis, and generally follows a course to the south-southeast. The part of the rilles close to the crater Moltke was informally called U.S. 1 by the Apollo 10 and Apollo 11 crews.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Hypatia.
Hypatia | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 4.9° S | 22.2° E | 16 km |
B | 4.6° S | 21.3° E | 5 km |
C | 0.9° S | 20.8° E | 15 km |
D | 3.1° S | 22.7° E | 6 km |
E | 0.3° S | 20.4° E | 6 km |
F | 4.1° S | 21.5° E | 8 km |
G | 2.7° S | 23.0° E | 5 km |
H | 4.5° S | 24.1° E | 5 km |
M | 5.3° S | 23.4° E | 28 km |
R | 1.9° S | 21.2° E | 4 km |
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