Manilius is a lunarimpact crater on the northeast edge of Mare Vaporum. No prominent craters are located nearby but its nearest named prominent crater is Boscovich lying more than 100 km east-southeast, another is Julius Caesar which is more than 175 km southeast. The crater are surrounded by small mare plains ("lakes") including Laci Doloris, Gaudii and Lenitatis.
Its diameter is 39 km long and is 3,100 meters deep. The area is less than 1,100 km² and the perimeter is over 100 km.
Description
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 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.
Names
Manilius is named after the Roman astronomer Marcus Manilius. Like many of the craters on the Moon's near side, it was given its name by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.[1] Earlier lunar cartographers had given the feature different names. Michael van Langren's 1645 map calls it "Isabellae Reg. Hisp." (Isabella, Queen of Spain),[2] and Johannes Hevelius called it "Insula Besbicus" after the island in Turkey now known as İmralı.[3]
Satellite craters
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
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Manilius.
Oblique Apollo 17 imageLocation of the crater Manilius
Manilius
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
B
16.6° N
7.3° E
6 km
C
12.1° N
10.4° E
7 km
D
13.2° N
7.0° E
5 km
E
18.3° N
6.4° E
49 km
G
15.5° N
9.7° E
5 km
H
17.8° N
8.6° E
3 km
K
11.9° N
11.2° E
3 km
T
13.4° N
10.6° E
4 km
U
13.8° N
10.8° E
4 km
W
13.4° N
12.9° E
4 km
X
14.4° N
13.4° E
3 km
Z
16.4° N
11.7° E
3 km
Oblique view of Manilius G, northeast of Manilius
The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
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Wood, Chuck (December 4, 2005). "A Line of Domes". Lunar Photo of the Day. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
Wood, Chuck (September 8, 2007). "Rare Image of a Common Crater". Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved 2007-09-10. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; June 30, 2015 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)