Cassini crater on the Moon

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Cassini crater on the Moon is a prominent lunar impact crater in the Moon’s northeastern near side, named in honor of the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cassini crater on Mars 1
Cassini crater on the Moon canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ
belongsTo Mare Imbrium basin region ⓘ
linked to: Mare Imbrium
colongitude 337 ⓘ
depth 1.2 km ⓘ
diameter 57 km ⓘ
eponym Giovanni Domenico Cassini ⓘ
featureID 1099 (USGS planetary nomenclature id) ⓘ
hasFloorCharacteristic few small craterlets ⓘ
nearly level floor ⓘ
hasGeologicalContext Imbrian age terrain ⓘ
hasIAUFeatureType crater ⓘ
hasInteriorCrater Cassini A ⓘ
Cassini B ⓘ
linked to: Cassini A
hasInteriorFeature central rille system ⓘ
lava-flooded floor ⓘ
low albedo floor ⓘ
hasOfficialNameLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasRimCharacteristic broken and worn rim ⓘ
polygonal outline ⓘ
hasSatelliteCrater Cassini A ⓘ
Cassini B ⓘ
linked to: Cassini A

Cassini C ⓘ
linked to: Cassini A
isCataloguedIn NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature ⓘ
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ⓘ
isProminent yes ⓘ
isVisibleFrom Earth ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedNear Alpine Valley (Vallis Alpes) ⓘ
Alps (lunar mountain range) ⓘ
Mare Imbrium ⓘ
Theaetetus (lunar crater) ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
locatedOnSideOfMoon near side ⓘ
namedAfter Giovanni Domenico Cassini ⓘ
namedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
observedBy Apollo missions ⓘ
linked to: Apollo program

Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
selenographicLatitude 40.2° N ⓘ
selenographicLongitude 23.9° E ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Giovanni Domenico Cassini → eponymOf → Cassini crater on the Moon ⓘ
Giovanni Domenico Cassini → eponymOf → Cassini crater on Mars ⓘ
linked to: Cassini crater on the Moon