Censorinus (crater)

Censorinus
	Oblique view from Apollo 16 showing bright rays
Coordinates	0°24′S 32°42′E / 0.4°S 32.7°E
Diameter	3.8 km
Depth	0.4 km
Colongitude	328° at sunrise
Eponym	Censorinus

Censorinus is a 3.8 km lunar impact crater located on a rise to the southeast of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is named after the ancient Roman writer Censorinus.^[1] To the northeast is the crater Maskelyne.

Censorinus is distinguished by an area of high-albedo material surrounding the rim. This makes the feature highly prominent when the Sun is at a high angle, and it is one of the brightest objects on the visible Moon. Bright streaks radiate away radially from the crater, and contrast with the darker lunar mare.

This formation has a sharp-edged, raised rim and a symmetrical, cup-shaped interior. Close-up photographs of this crater by Lunar Orbiter 5 show many large blocks lying along the sloping outer rampart. The surface near the crater is hummocky from the deposited ejecta. The crater is otherwise undistinguished.

The vicinity of Censorinus was once considered for an early Apollo landing site.^[2]^[3]

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 Censorinus.

Censorinus	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	0.4° S	33.0° E	7 km
B	2.0° S	31.4° E	8 km
C	3.0° S	34.1° E	28 km
D	1.9° S	35.8° E	10 km
E	3.6° S	34.8° E	12 km
H	1.8° S	33.7° E	10 km
J	1.0° S	31.3° E	5 km
K	1.0° S	28.8° E	4 km
L	2.5° S	31.2° E	4 km
N	1.9° S	36.5° E	36 km
S	3.8° S	36.1° E	17 km
T	3.2° S	31.1° E	5 km
U	1.5° S	34.4° E	3 km
V	0.6° S	35.4° E	4 km
W	1.0° S	37.5° E	9 km
X	0.5° S	37.2° E	18 km
Z	3.7° S	36.8° E	12 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

Censorinus F — See Leakey (crater).

Censorinus E

References

^ "Censorinus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Don E. Wilhelms, University of Arizona Press (1993). ISBN 978-0816510658
^ El-Baz, Farouk, 1968. Geologoic Characteristics of the Nine Lunar Landing Mission Sites Recommended by the Group for Lunar Exploration Planing. Bellcomm, Inc. TR-68-340-1.

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External links

Lunar Photo of the Day, "Land of Manna", October 5, 2006, showing Censorinus, and Censorius C, noted as similar to Gaudibert crater

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[1] "Censorinus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[2] To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Don E. Wilhelms, University of Arizona Press (1993). ISBN 978-0816510658

[3] El-Baz, Farouk, 1968. Geologoic Characteristics of the Nine Lunar Landing Mission Sites Recommended by the Group for Lunar Exploration Planing. Bellcomm, Inc. TR-68-340-1.

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E	Eckert Eddington Edison Edith Egede Ehrlich Eichstadt Eijkman Eimmart Einstein Einthoven Elger Ellerman Ellison Elmer Elvey Emden Encke Endymion Engelʹgardt Eötvös Epigenes Epimenides Eratosthenes Erlanger Erro Esclangon Esnault-Pelterie Espin Euclides Euctemon Eudoxus Euler Evans Evdokimov Evershed Ewen
F	Fabbroni Fabricius Fabry Fahrenheit Fairouz Faraday Faustini Fauth Faye Fechner Fedorov Felix Fényi Feoktistov Fermat Fermi Fernelius Fersman Fesenkov Feuillée Fibiger Finsch Finsen Firmicus Firsov Fischer Fitzgerald Fizeau Flammarion Flamsteed Fleming Florensky Florey Focas Fontana Fontenelle Foster Foucault Fourier Fowler Fox Fra Mauro Fracastorius Franck Franklin Franz Fraunhofer Fredholm Freud Freundlich Fridman Froelich Frost Fryxell Furnerius

Oblique view from Apollo 16 showing bright rays
Coordinates	0°24′S 32°42′E / 0.4°S 32.7°E / -0.4; 32.7
Diameter	3.8 km
Depth	0.4 km
Colongitude	328° at sunrise
Eponym	Censorinus