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词条 Censorinus (crater)
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{{Infobox Lunar crater
| image = Censorinus crater AS16-P-5276.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Oblique view from Apollo 16 showing bright rays
| coordinates = {{coord|0.4|S|32.7|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter = 3.8 km
| depth = 0.4 km
| colong = 328
| eponym = Censorinus
}}

Censorinus is a tiny 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]

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.

CensorinusLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A0.4° S33.0° E7 km
B2.0° S31.4° E8 km
C3.0° S34.1° E28 km
D1.9° S35.8° E10 km
E3.6° S34.8° E12 km
H1.8° S33.7° E10 km
J1.0° S31.3° E5 km
K1.0° S28.8° E4 km
L2.5° S31.2° E4 km
N1.9° S36.5° E36 km
S3.8° S36.1° E17 km
T3.2° S31.1° E5 km
U1.5° S34.4° E3 km
V0.6° S35.4° E4 km
W1.0° S37.5° E9 km
X0.5° S37.2° E18 km
Z3.7° S36.8° E12 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

  • Censorinus F — See Leakey (crater).

References

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2. ^To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Don E. Wilhelms, University of Arizona Press (1993). {{ISBN|978-0816510658}}
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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
{{Craters on the Moon: C-F}}

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