Mee (crater)
Encyclopedia
Mee is a lunar
crater
that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon
's near side. Overlying the northwestern rim and intruding one-third the distance across the interior floor is Hainzel
, a merged triple-crater formation. To the south is the highly elongated crater Schiller
. Mee is 132 kilometers in diameter and 2.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian
period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.
This is an old crater formation with an outer rim that has been heavily eroded by subsequent impacts, leaving an irregular impression of the crater rim. The inner wall is notched an indented by multiple small craters, with the most recent being Mee F along the northwestern side. Portions of the interior are relatively level, and there is a palimpsest
, Mee E, in the northwestern part of the floor. A tiny crater with a high albedo
halo is located in the eastern part of the floor.
The crater is named after the 19th-century Scottish
astronomer Arthur Butler Phillips Mee
.
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
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 is located in the southwestern part of the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
's near side. Overlying the northwestern rim and intruding one-third the distance across the interior floor is Hainzel
Hainzel (crater)
Hainzel is the southern member of a trio of overlapping lunar craters. The composite rim is located at the west edge of Lacus Timoris in the southwest sector of the Moon...
, a merged triple-crater formation. To the south is the highly elongated crater Schiller
Schiller (crater)
Schiller is an oddly shaped lunar impact crater located in the southwestern sector of the Moon. To the east is the crater Bayer and to the southeast is Rost....
. Mee is 132 kilometers in diameter and 2.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian
Nectarian
The Nectarian Period of the lunar geologic timescale runs from 3920 million years ago to 3850 million years ago. It is the period during which the Nectaris Basin and other major basins were formed by large impact events...
period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.
This is an old crater formation with an outer rim that has been heavily eroded by subsequent impacts, leaving an irregular impression of the crater rim. The inner wall is notched an indented by multiple small craters, with the most recent being Mee F along the northwestern side. Portions of the interior are relatively level, and there is a palimpsest
Palimpsest
A palimpsest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin palimpsēstus from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος originally compounded from πάλιν and ψάω literally meaning “scraped...
, Mee E, in the northwestern part of the floor. A tiny crater with a high albedo
Albedo
Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it...
halo is located in the eastern part of the floor.
The crater is named after the 19th-century Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
astronomer Arthur Butler Phillips Mee
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer....
.
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 Mee.| Mee | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 44.4° S | 29.1° W | 14 km |
| B | 44.6° S | 31.1° W | 15 km |
| C | 45.3° S | 28.7° W | 13 km |
| D | 45.3° S | 32.9° W | 9 km |
| E | 43.0° S | 35.3° W | 16 km |
| F | 43.3° S | 36.7° W | 12 km |
| G | 45.5° S | 40.7° W | 23 km |
| H | 44.1° S | 39.4° W | 48 km |
| J | 44.5° S | 40.6° W | 10 km |
| K | 44.4° S | 41.6° W | 9 km |
| L | 44.0° S | 41.5° W | 8 km |
| M | 45.8° S | 29.1° W | 8 km |
| N | 45.2° S | 42.2° W | 6 km |
| P | 45.9° S | 30.0° W | 14 km |
| Q | 43.6° S | 33.9° W | 1 km |
| R | 44.0° S | 43.4° W | 10 km |
| S | 43.2° S | 41.0° W | 12 km |
| T | 42.5° S | 38.2° W | 9 km |
| U | 42.8° S | 33.9° W | 8 km |
| V | 45.5° S | 42.4° W | 7 km |
| W | 43.6° S | 35.5° W | 5 km |
| X | 41.5° S | 36.0° W | 7 km |
| Y | 44.3° S | 36.8° W | 7 km |
| Z | 44.7° S | 42.6° W | 12 km |