Seleucus crater

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Seleucus crater is a relatively small, well-preserved impact crater on the Moon’s near side, situated in the Oceanus Procellarum region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seleucus crater canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater ⓘ
albedoContrast higher than surrounding mare ⓘ
appearsIn Clementine lunar atlas ⓘ
NASA lunar charts ⓘ
cataloguedIn IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ⓘ
colongitude 55 ⓘ
depth 3.5 km ⓘ
diameter 43 km ⓘ
eponym Seleucus of Seleucia ⓘ
floorCharacteristic low albedo compared to highlands ⓘ
relatively flat ⓘ
formationProcess hypervelocity impact ⓘ
hasCentralPeak yes ⓘ
hasLROImagery yes ⓘ
hasLunarOrbiterImagery yes ⓘ
hasSatelliteCrater Seleucus A ⓘ
Seleucus B ⓘ
linked to: Seleucus A
innerWalls terraced ⓘ
locatedIn Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
western part of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Krafft (crater) ⓘ
linked to: Krafft crater
locatedNorthwestOf Euclides (crater) ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedWestOf Reiner (crater) ⓘ
morphologicalAgeClass Eratosthenian ⓘ
namedAfter Seleucus of Seleucia ⓘ
namedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
observability easily visible in small telescopes ⓘ
outerRimCondition sharp-edged ⓘ
outerRimShape roughly circular ⓘ
preservationState relatively fresh ⓘ
quadrant northwestern near side ⓘ
raySystemPresence faint rays ⓘ
relativeSize small lunar crater ⓘ
rimCondition well-preserved ⓘ
selenographicLatitude 21.0° N ⓘ
selenographicLongitude 49.0° W ⓘ
surfaceType impact structure in lunar mare ⓘ
surroundingTerrain mare basalt of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eddington crater → locatedNear → Seleucus crater ⓘ