Diderot (crater)
Lunar impact crater
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Diderot is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies within the southwestern interior floor of a huge walled plain named Fermi, about midway between the basin midpoint and the southwest rim. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after French philosopher Denis Diderot.[1]
Apollo 15 image | |
| Coordinates | 20.42°S 121.54°E |
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| Diameter | 20.00 km (12.43 mi) |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 239° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Denis Diderot |
The crater is saucer-shaped, with smaller craters located just to the northwest and the north. The inner wall is narrower along the eastern side, and has a pair of ridges along the southern face. This crater is otherwise unremarkable.