Saturday, October 25, 2014
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Heraclitus and Licetus (90/75 km) are two stuck together craters, but they are more complex than you think. The shape can confuse you because these are some overlapping craters. From what I can tell, Heraclitus is the oldest of them. If you remove craters are overlapped over it, you will see that this is a circular crater affected by many small impacts. Over it, were held two impacts: one to the north that formed the crater Licetus, and one to the south, called Heraclitus D (52 km). Images are upside down for better observation.
Circular crater to the southeast of Heraclitus, the Cuvier (75 km), which is sticking to the edge of Heraclitus.
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Image for orientation from 29 April, 2012..
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Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer
Posted in: Craters-Heraclitus and Licetus
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