Fontana (lunar crater)
Lunar impact crater
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Fontana is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to the west-northwest of the flooded crater Zupus. Midway between Fontana and Zupus is a rille system designated Rimae Zupus.
LROC image | |
| Coordinates | 16.1°S 56.6°W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 31 km |
| Depth | 1.5 km |
| Colongitude | 57° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Francesco Fontana |
This is a low-rimmed crater with an interior floor that is marked only by several small craterlets. The northwest rim is heavily degraded. A low hill is visible on the floor under grazing illumination.[1] The rim is narrow and roughly circular, with an outward bulge at the northern end. There is a cleft in the northeastern part of the rim.
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 Fontana.
| Fontana | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 15.7° S | 56.1° W | 13 km |
| B | 15.5° S | 56.3° W | 11 km |
| C | 12.8° S | 57.1° W | 14 km |
| D | 17.0° S | 57.3° W | 11 km |
| E | 17.6° S | 57.9° W | 13 km |
| F | 16.2° S | 59.9° W | 7 km |
| G | 16.0° S | 59.2° W | 15 km |
| H | 14.0° S | 57.9° W | 9 km |
| K | 13.2° S | 57.3° W | 7 km |
| M | 17.2° S | 57.5° W | 6 km |
| W | 17.2° S | 58.3° W | 6 km |
| Y | 16.7° S | 58.3° W | 5 km |