Manilius (crater): Difference between revisions

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| diameter = {{Convert|38|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{Convert|3.05|km|ft|abbr=on}}

[[File:Kepler-Manilius Si.jpg|thumb|294x294px|The crater area (to the right) in selenochromatic Image (Si) with some landmarks (yellow/normal, red/pyroclastic). More infos here : <nowiki>https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica</nowiki>]]

'''Manilius''' is a [[Lunar craters|lunar]] [[impact crater]] on the northeast edge of [[Mare Vaporum]]. Its diameter is 38&nbsp;km.<ref name=gpn>{{gpn|3631}}</ref>

Manilius has a well-defined rim with a sloping inner surface that runs directly down to the ring-shaped mound of [[scree]] along the base, and a small outer [[wikt:rampart|rampart]]. The small crater interior has a higher [[albedo]] than the surroundings, and it appears bright when the sun is overhead. Within the crater is a central peak formation near the midpoint.

The crater also possesses a [[ray system]] that extends for a distance of over 300 kilometers. Despite the presence of these rays, which generally indicate the age of the crater as [[Copernican period|Copernican]], the crater is currently mapped as [[Eratosthenian]] age.<ref>[http://www.imageagain.com/Strata/StratigraphyCraters.2.0.htm Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters], [[Donald Wilhelms|Don E. Wilhelms]] and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009</ref><ref>[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1348 The geologic history of the Moon]. [[USGS]] Professional Paper 1348. By [[Don Wilhelms|Don E. Wilhelms]], John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 12.2.</ref>

Manilius is named after the Roman astronomer [[Marcus Manilius]].<ref name=gpn/> Like many of the craters on the Moon's near side, it was given its name by [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli|Giovanni Riccioli]], whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.61.</ref> Earlier lunar cartographers had given the feature different names. [[Michael van Langren]]'s 1645 map calls it "Isabellae Reg. Hisp." ([[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Isabella, Queen of Spain]]),<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 198.</ref> and [[Johannes Hevelius]] called it "Insula Besbicus" after the island in [[Turkey]] now known as [[İmralı]].<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 202.</ref>

[[File:Manilius lunar crater map.jpg|thumb|left|Manilius crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's [[Bayfordbury Observatory]] with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1]]

[[File:Manilius crater AS17-M-1669.jpg|thumb|right|Oblique [[Apollo 17]] image]][[File:Crater Manilius.jpg|thumb|right|Location of the crater Manilius]]

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File:Manilius G crater AS15-P-9918.jpg|Oblique view of Manilius G, northeast of Manilius

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| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]

| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271

| publisher = [[Jonathan's Space Report]]

| access-date = 2007-10-24

* {{cite journal| last1 = Menzel| first1 = D. H.| last2 = Minnaert| first2 = M.| last3 = Levin| first3 = B.| last4 = Dollfus| first4 = A.| last5 = Bell| first5 = B.| title = Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU| doi = 10.1007/BF00171763| journal = Space Science Reviews| volume = 12| issue = 2| pages = 136–186| date = 1971| bibcode = 1971SSRv...12..136M| s2cid = 122125855}}

| publisher = [[Sterling Publishing Co.]]

| url = https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr

| publisher = [[Kalmbach Books]]

| url = https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb

}}

==External links==

*[https://the-moon.us/wiki/manilius Manilius at The Moon Wiki]

* {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = December 4, 2005 | url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060412 | title = A Line of Domes | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | access-date = 2006-07-21 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060514140427/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060412 | archive-date = May 14, 2006 }}

* {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = September 8, 2007 | url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070908 | title = Rare Image of a Common Crater | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | access-date = 2007-09-10 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630015846/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070908|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}

[[Category:Eratosthenian]]