Phillips (lunar crater)
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Phillips is a lunar
crater
that is located in the vicinity of the Moon
's east-southeastern limb. The larger walled plain Humboldt
lies across the eastern rim of Phillips, and the outer rampart covers nearly half the interior floor. The surviving rim is eroded in places, and not quite circular.
The northern end of the crater's rim forms an outward-projecting bend, and the inner wall is diminished along that side. There is a small circular crater along the western rim. The interior floor is irregular in places, with a central ridge near the mid-point. To the southwest of Phillips lies the crater Legendre
.
Moon
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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 is located in the vicinity 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 east-southeastern limb. The larger walled plain Humboldt
Humboldt (crater)
Humboldt is a large lunar crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening this formation has an extremely oblong appearance. The actual shape of the crater is an irregular circle, with a significant indentation along the southeastern rim where the prominent crater...
lies across the eastern rim of Phillips, and the outer rampart covers nearly half the interior floor. The surviving rim is eroded in places, and not quite circular.
The northern end of the crater's rim forms an outward-projecting bend, and the inner wall is diminished along that side. There is a small circular crater along the western rim. The interior floor is irregular in places, with a central ridge near the mid-point. To the southwest of Phillips lies the crater Legendre
Legendre (crater)
Legendre is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Just to the southwest is the crater Adams. To the northwest is Palitzsch and the prominent Petavius....
.
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 Phillips.| Phillips | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 27.1° S | 73.6° E | 13 km |
| B | 23.3° S | 70.5° E | 40 km |
| C | 26.5° S | 71.2° E | 6 km |
| D | 25.0° S | 70.8° E | 61 km |
| E | 25.6° S | 68.3° E | 8 km |
| F | 25.1° S | 68.8° E | 11 km |
| G | 24.6° S | 68.7° E | 8 km |
| H | 25.3° S | 71.6° E | 7 km |
| W | 25.3° S | 72.8° E | 63 km |