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Plutarch (crater)




  N Or S N
  Longitude 790
  E Or W E
  Diameter 68 km
  Depth 28 km
  Colong 282


Plutarch is a Lunar Impact Crater that lies near the north-northeastern limb of the Moon , just to the south of the irregular Seneca Crater . To the southeast is the flooded Cannon Crater . The proximity of this crater to the limb causes it to appear foreshortened when viewed from the Earth , but it is actually a circular formation.

This crater has a well-defined rim edge that is only slightly eroded. A small crater intrudes slightly into the southwestern rim, and another small crater lies near the south-southeastern rim. The inner wall is unusually wide in the southern half of the crater, with the narrowest section along the northern rim. There is some slumping and s formed along the inner sides, and a notable central peak near the mid-point of the interior floor.


SATELLITE CRATERS

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 Plutarch crater.


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