Meton (crater)

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Meton
Barrow and Meton (LRO).png
LRO image Meton (right) and Barrow (left)
Coordinates 73°48′N19°12′E / 73.8°N 19.2°E / 73.8; 19.2
Diameter 122 km
Depth 2.6 km
Colongitude 338° at sunrise
Eponym Meton
Location of Meton Lunar crater Meton.png
Location of Meton
Meton crater, at the top of image in a selenochromatic image (Si) North Pole-Mare Frigoris Si-Castagno-Ferruggia.jpg
Meton crater, at the top of image in a selenochromatic image (Si)
Oblique view of Meton from Lunar Orbiter 4. Meton is below center, Meton D is below left of center, Meton C is in upper left, and Meton E is at right. They are all flooded to the same elevation, and the subtle ridges that divide these craters are barely visible in this image. Meton crater 4191 h1.jpg
Oblique view of Meton from Lunar Orbiter 4. Meton is below center, Meton D is below left of center, Meton C is in upper left, and Meton E is at right. They are all flooded to the same elevation, and the subtle ridges that divide these craters are barely visible in this image.
Another oblique from Lunar Orbiter 4. Barrow crater is in the background. Meton crater 4165 h1.jpg
Another oblique from Lunar Orbiter 4. Barrow crater is in the background.

Meton is a compound formation on the Moon that consists of several merged crater rings that have been flooded with lava, forming the remnant of a walled plain in the shape of a clover leaf. It is located near the northern lunar limb, and is viewed from a low angle and foreshortened. The crater Barrow is attached to the southwest rim. To the northwest is the crater Scoresby, and to the east are Baillaud and Euctemon.

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 Meton.

MetonLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A73.3° N31.3° E14 km
B71.2° N18.0° E6 km
C70.6° N19.0° E77 km
D72.2° N24.7° E78 km
E75.3° N15.3° E42 km
F72.0° N14.2° E51 km
G72.9° N28.4° E10 km
W67.4° N17.3° E7 km

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