Mons Delisle
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Mons Delisle is a mountain on the Moon
located on the edge of Mare Imbrium
near the crater Delisle
. It is elongated in shape and is about 30 km in diameter. The mountain was adopted and named after the nearby crater of the same name by the IAU
in 1985.
Moon
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located on the edge of Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago...
near the crater Delisle
Delisle (crater)
Delisle is a small lunar crater in the western part of the Mare Imbrium. It lies to the north of the crater Diophantus, and just to the northwest of the ridge designated Mons Delisle. Between Delisle and Diophantus is a sinuous rille named Rima Diophantus, with a diameter of 150 km...
. It is elongated in shape and is about 30 km in diameter. The mountain was adopted and named after the nearby crater of the same name by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
in 1985.