Poncelet (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Selenographic coordinates>Coordinates
Diameter	69 km
Crater depth>Depth	Unknown
Selenographic colongitude>Colongitude	57° at sunrise
Eponym	Jean V. Poncelet

Poncelet is the remains of a lunar crater that is located near the northern limb of the Moon. It lies to the east-northeast ot Pascal crater and northwest of Anaximenes crater. Like the later formation, Poncelet is a worn, eroded formation with an interior that has been flooded, either with lava or possibly ejecta. The outer rim is a low, circular ridge with a narrow break to the south and a wider breach to the northeast. The interior floor is pock-marked with many tiny craterlets, the most notable of which is 'Poncelet H', located just to the southeast of the mid-point.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Poncelet crater.

Poncelet	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	79.5° N	74.7° W	31 km
B	78.6° N	62.3° W	32 km
C	77.4° N	73.7° W	67 km
D	77.7° N	70.0° W	23 km
H	75.7° N	55.2° W	7 km
P	80.6° N	61.1° W	15 km
Q	79.9° N	59.9° W	14 km
R	79.3° N	57.3° W	10 km
S	78.7° N	56.2° W	10 km

References

• See the reference table for the general listing of literature and web sites that were used in the compilation of this page.

 

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