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Meton (crater)

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Diameter
  
122 km

Colongitude
  
338° at sunrise

Depth
  
2.6 km

Eponym
  
Meton

Meton (crater)

Meton is a compound formation on the Moon that consists of several merged crater rings that have been flooded with lava, forming the remnant of a walled plain in the shape of a clover leaf. It is located near the northern lunar lumb, and is viewed from a low angle and foreshortened. The crater Barrow is attached to the southwest rim. To the northwest is the crater Scoresby, and to the east are Baillaud and Euctemon.

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 Meton.

References

Meton (crater) Wikipedia