Cantor (crater)

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Cantor (crater)
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Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west
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Diameter 75.72 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 241° at sunrise
Eponym Georg Cantor
Moritz Cantor
File:Cantor crater AS14-75-10306.jpg
Oblique Apollo 14 Hasselblad camera image, facing north

Cantor is a lunar impact crater that is located on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The outer rim of the crater has a distinctly hexagonal shape, and is slightly longer in the north–south direction. The interior walls are multiply terraced, although less so along the western rim. There is a low central peak at the midpoint of the floor.

The terrain surrounding Cantor is heavily impacted with many small craters. The old and heavily eroded crater H. G. Wells is located to the northwest. To the southeast is Kidinnu.

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 Cantor.

Cantor Latitude Longitude Diameter
C 39.5° N 120.3° E 21 km
T 37.9° N 113.4° E 23 km

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