Vesalius (crater)

Vesalius (crater)

240px Apollo 17 Mapping camera image
Coordinates
Diameter	61 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	246° at sunrise
Eponym	Vesalius

File:Vesalius crater AS12-51-7562.jpg

Oblique view from Apollo 12

File:Vesalius crater AS16-M-3001 ASU.jpg

Oblique view from Apollo 16

Vesalius is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, less than 100 kilometers south of the lunar equator. Just to the northwest is the slightly smaller crater Buisson. Farther to the west-southwest lies the prominent crater Einthoven.

The outer rim of Vesalius is generally circular but somewhat irregular. There is an outward bulge at the southern extremity and a low rim at the northern end. The inner wall displays some slight terracing. On the interior floor the central peak is offset to the north, suggesting that the crater was formed by a low-angle impact.

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 Vesalius.

Vesalius	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	0.8° S	116.7° E	22 km
D	2.2° S	116.9° E	50 km
G	3.7° S	117.3° E	14 km
H	3.9° S	119.0° E	36 km
J	4.8° S	119.1° E	25 km
M	5.7° S	114.5° E	31 k

• Vesalius M crater 1102 h1.jpg

  Oblique Lunar Orbiter 1 view of Vesalius M

• Vesalius M crater AS12-51-7558.jpg

  Apollo 12 image of Vesalius M