Lunar 100

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Lunar 100 List


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Feature Name (Example)
Significance
Lat. (°)
Long. (°)
Diam. (km)
My Capture
             
1
Large satellite


"3,476"
2
Twice reflected sunlight



3
Two materials with distinct compositions



4
Imbrium basin rim
18.9N
3.7W
70
5
Archetypal large complex crater
9.7N
20.1W
93
6
Large rayed crater with impact melts
43.4S
11.1W
85
7
Nectaris basin rim
24.3S
22.6E
425
8
Crater sequence illustrating stages of degradation
13.2S
24.0E

9
Lacks basin features in spite of its size
58.8S
14.1W
225
10
Mare contained in large circular basin
18.0N
59.0E
540
11
Very bright crater with dark bands on its walls
23.7N
47.4W
40
12
Oblique-impact rays
16.1N
46.8E
28
13
Floor-fractured crater
17.6S
40.1W
101
14
Very large crater with missing rim
45.0N
32.0W
260
15
Best example of a lunar fault
21.8S
7.8W
110
16
Crater with domed & fractured floor
25.1S
60.4E
177
17
Giant sinuous rille
26.2N
50.8W
168
18
Distinct mare areas with different compositions
17.8N
23.0E
N/A
19
Lunar graben
49.0N
3.0E
165
20
Floor-fractured crater
31.8N
29.9E
95
21
Crater with subsided & fractured floor
21.5S
33.2E
124
22
Mysterious uplifted region mantled with pyroclastics
26.0N
51.0W
150
23
Isolated Imbrium basin-ring fragment
45.7N
8.9W
25
24
Rille containing rimless collapse pits
7.4N
7.8E
220
25
Oblique ricochet-impact pair
1.9S
47.6E
11
26
Arcuate mare of uncertain origin
56.0N
1.4E
1600
27
Large crater lacking central peak
29.7N
4.0W
83
28
First drawing of a single crater
5.5S
4.8E
150
29
"Long, linear graben"
6.4N
14.0E
250
30
Possible oblique impact
51.9S
39.0W
180
31
Young floor-fractured crater
5.6N
46.5E
56
32
Volcanic domes
6.2N
21.4E
26
33
Basin inner-ring segment
27.3N
25.3E
155
34
Strange crater with rille & ridge
45.0N
27.2E
152
35
Rille family
4.3N
4.6E
215
36
A small two-ring basin
5.5S
68.3W
440
37
Barely discernible basin
66.5S
69.1W
303
38
Possible twin impacts
1.7N
19.7E
30
39
Crater floor with Orientale basin ejecta stripe
44.3S
55.3W
227
40
Rare example of a highland rille
45.4S
39.3E
190
41
Ray of uncertain origin near Bessel
21.8N
17.9E
N/A
42
Complex of volcanic domes & hills
12.5N
54.0W
125
43
A crater filled to the rim with lava or ejecta
49.6S
60.2W
84
44
Domed floor cut by secondary craters
21.5S
49.2W
84
45
Region of saturation cratering
42.0S
14.0E
114
46
Possible volcanic peak
28.0S
0.6W
124
47
Dark-halo eruptions on crater floor
13.7S
3.2W
119
48
"Fault, rilles, & domes"
10.5N
38.0E
130
49
Volcanic domes formed with viscous lavas
36.3N
40.0W
20
50
"Light, smooth plains of uncertain origin"
4.0N
15.1E
14
51
Result of comet-fragment impacts
11.1S
6.6W
50
52
Possible volcanic caldera
16.7S
66.8W
45
53
Possible buried basin
4.4N
23.7E
106
54
Rilles concentric to Humorum basin
24.5S
29.0W
240
55
Unusually smooth crater floor & surrounding plains
51.0S
19.1E
69
56
A partially flooded ancient basin
49.8S
84.5E
880
57
Conspicuous swirl & magnetic anomaly
7.7N
59.2W
70
58
Basin secondary-crater chain
42.5S
51.5E
445
59
Badly degraded overlooked basin
56.0S
45.0W
335
60
Volcanic dome
26.9S
24.2W
45
61
Simple crater close to center of lunar near side
3.2S
5.2W
13
62
Large volcanic dome
40.8N
58.1W
70
63
Imbrium sculpture
Basin ejecta near & overlying Boscovich & Julius Caesar
11.0N
12.0E

64
Apollo 16 landing site; putative region of highland volcanism
11.7S
15.7E
48
65
Dome field north of Hortensius
7.6N
27.9W
10
66
Lava channel near Apollo 15 landing site
25.0N
3.0E

67
Apollo 14 landing site on Imbrium ejecta
3.6S
17.5W

68
Flamsteed P
Proposed young volcanic crater & Surveyor 1 landing site
3.0S
44.0W
112
69
Rays & craterlets near Pytheas
19.6N
19.1W
4
70
Multi-ring impact basin
57.0N
80.0E
650
71
Ash eruptions northwest of crater
19.6N
11.6E
12
72
Explosive volcanic pits on the floor of Atlas
46.7N
44.4E
87
73
Difficult-to-observe basin scarp & mare
2.0S
87.0E
740
74
Copernicus H
Dark-halo impact crater
6.9N
18.3W
5
75
Ptolemaeus B
Saucer like depression on the floor of Ptolemaeus
8.0S
0.8W
16
76
Large crater degraded by Imbrium ejecta
65.3N
3.7E
158
77
Procellarum basin radial rilles
15.7S
61.7W
425
78
Lambert R
"A buried ""ghost"" crater"
23.8N
20.6W
54
79
Eastern dark-mantle volcanic deposit
12.0N
3.5W
90
80
Youngest large impact basin
19.0S
95.0W
930
81
Hesiodus A
Concentric crater
30.1S
17.0W
15
82
Small crater once thought to have disappeared
27.7N
11.8E
2.4
83
Crater pits at limits of detection
51.6N
9.4W
101
84
Crater with concentric rilles
29.8S
13.5W
97
85
Aged ray system
8.9S
60.9E
132
86
Rille system near the crater Prinz
27.0N
43.0W
46
87
Crater with central peaks & dark spots
27.0S
80.9E
207
88
Difficult-to-observe polar crater
88.6N
33.0E
74
89
Volcanic dome
30.5N
10.1E
30
90
Small craters near the Apollo 11 landing site
1.3N
23.7E
3
91
Area with many rilles
25.9S
50.7W
30
92
Part of the Imbrium radial sculpture
5.1S
0.7E
47
93
Unusual & rare dark rays
2.8N
17.3E
18
94
Large south-pole region crater
79.3S
84.9W
162
95
The Moon's biggest basin?
23.0N
15.0W
3200
96
Rim of South Pole-Aitken basin
85.0S
30.0E

97
Orientale basin ejecta
44.0S
73.0W
140
98
Mare lava-flow boundaries
32.8N
22.0W

99
D-shaped young volcanic caldera
18.6N
5.3E
3
100
Possible magnetic field deposits
18.5N
88.0E

 


 

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Last update: Sunday, 29 May, 2011