Eratosthenes
Lunar Feature
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Observations
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 877 | Looking over the lunar landscape - March 12, 2003 02:22 UT Colongitude: 16°.2, Sunrise Terminator: 163°.8 E In 20x70 binoculars, Eratosthenes appears as a round, deep, steep-walled crater lying east of the crater Copernicus. Eratosthenes lies on the western end of an outcropping of Montes Apenninus, which seems to wrap around the crater and extend southward. |
| 354 | Looking over the lunar landscape - February 21, 2002 02:56 UT In the 114mm reflector at 121x with the 7.5mm eyepiece, Eratosthenes appears as a circular shaped crater with well defined, terraced walls. The floor of the crater is nearly filled with a central mountain, which is surrounded by a small ring of flat crater floor. |
