Archimedes (crater)

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Archimedes is a large impact crater on Earth's Moon on the eastern shore of Mare Imbrium. To the south of the crater rises the mountain region of Montes Archimedes. At the southeastern edge extends the plane of the Palus Putredinis, the body designated by a crater after the system of grooves, the Rimae Archimedes is crossed with a length of more than 150 kilometers. North -northeast extend the Montes Spitzbergen, a chain of peaks in the Mare Imbrium. East of Archimedes is the crater Autolycus. The lunar surface between these two structures was the crash site of the Soviet lunar probe Lunik 2, which reached the first robotic spacecraft on September 13, 1959, the lunar surface. In the northwest of the crater Aristillus catches the eye. The lava plain between Archimedes, and Autolycus Aristillus forms the Luna Bay Mare Imbrium of. An incipient Archimedes seamounts crossed this Moon Sea in north- northwesterly direction.

Archimedes is the largest crater in the Mare Imbrium. The rim shows a covered with ejecta outer wall and the upper part of a stepped inner wall but lacks the ray system of younger craters. A triangular promontory extends 30 kilometers to the southeast.

In the crater interior lacks a central collection, and it is flooded with Mary. Striking elevations are entirely absent, there are only a few tiny divots near the edge. Scattered over the crater floor to show individual streaks of light rays material that were most likely deposited in the pathogenesis of Autolycus there.

The following satellite crater of Archimedes have been assigned in the meantime by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU) has its own name:

• Archimedes A - see Bancroft crater.