Condon (crater)
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Condon is a lunar
crater
that lies on the eastern shore of the Sinus Successus
, a bay along the northeast edge of Mare Fecunditatis
. It lies midway between the larger crater Apollonius
to the north and the smaller Webb
to the south on the Mare Fecunditatis. Condon was previously designated Webb R before being given a name by the IAU
.
This is a lava
-flooded crater remnant with only low rim segments surviving to the east and west. There is a break in the rim to the south and a wider break to the northwest of the crater. The crater interior is nearly level, and mark only by a few low rises in the surface. A pair of small craterlets are attached to the exterior of the southeast rim.
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crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
that lies on the eastern shore of the Sinus Successus
Sinus Successus
The lunar feature Sinus Successus lies along the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. It is an outward bulge that forms a type of bay. The selenographic coordinates of Sinus Successus are 0.9° N, 59.0° E, and the diameter is 132 km.Along the eastern edge of the bay is the flooded crater Condon,...
, a bay along the northeast edge of Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the...
. It lies midway between the larger crater Apollonius
Apollonius (crater)
Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies in the region of uplands to the west of Mare Undarum and northeast of the Sinus Successus on the Mare Fecunditatis...
to the north and the smaller Webb
Webb (crater)
Webb is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern edge of the Mare Fecunditatis, in the eastern part of the Moon near the equator. It is to the north of the prominent crater Langrenus, and west of Maclaurin....
to the south on the Mare Fecunditatis. Condon was previously designated Webb R before being given a name by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
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.
This is a lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
-flooded crater remnant with only low rim segments surviving to the east and west. There is a break in the rim to the south and a wider break to the northwest of the crater. The crater interior is nearly level, and mark only by a few low rises in the surface. A pair of small craterlets are attached to the exterior of the southeast rim.