Asada (crater)
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Asada is a small lunar
impact crater
located at the northern edge of Mare Fecunditatis
, to the northeast of the crater Taruntius
. It is a circular crater formation with inner walls that slope down toward a small central floor at the mid-point. Asada was designated Taruntius A prior to being named by the IAU
.
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impact 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...
located at the northern edge of Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the...
, to the northeast of the crater Taruntius
Taruntius (crater)
Taruntius is a lunar crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northwest is the lava-flooded crater Lawrence, and to the north lie the craters Watts and da Vinci...
. It is a circular crater formation with inner walls that slope down toward a small central floor at the mid-point. Asada was designated Taruntius A prior to being named by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
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