Street (crater)

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Street
Street crater 4124 h2.jpg
Coordinates 46°30′S10°30′W / 46.5°S 10.5°W / -46.5; -10.5 Coordinates: 46°30′S10°30′W / 46.5°S 10.5°W / -46.5; -10.5
Diameter 58 km (36 mi)
Depth 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Colongitude 11° at sunrise
Eponym Thomas Street

Street is a lunar impact crater located just to the south of the prominent ray crater Tycho. Street lies within the skirt of high-albedo ejecta from Tycho, and it is more heavily worn than its younger and larger neighbor. There are several smaller craters joined to the western rim, as well as two craters along the eastern rim. The floor is relatively smooth and flat, except for a small craterlet in the western half. [1] The crater is 58 kilometres (36 mi) in diameter and 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in depth. It may be from the Pre-Imbrian period, which lasted from 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago. It is named for the 17th-century English astronomer Thomas Street. [2] [3]

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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 Street. [1]

StreetLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
kmmi
A47.0° S9.0° W1710.6
B47.1° S12.1° W148.7
C48.3° S15.4° W159.3
D48.9° S12.6° W116.8
E47.5° S11.8° W127.5
F48.3° S16.6° W85.0
G46.6° S15.0° W116.8
H48.3° S12.2° W2918.0
J48.7° S13.7° W74.3
K47.6° S13.1° W95.6
L50.7° S13.5° W85.0
M47.7° S14.6° W4930.4
N48.1° S10.4° W53.1
P45.7° S11.9° W63.7
R49.1° S14.5° W53.1
S49.0° S14.7° W42.5
T49.2° S15.1° W95.6

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References

  1. 1 2 Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN   0-913135-17-8.
  2. "Street (crater)" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  3. Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.