Aitken crater

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Aitken crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side, best known as part of the immense South Pole–Aitken basin, one of the largest and oldest impact structures in the Solar System.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aitken (lunar crater) 1
Aitken crater canonical 1
South Pole–Aitken Basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
lunar impact crater
catalogDesignation LAC-119 region
eponymNationality American
eponymOccupation astronomer
hasColongitude ~180°
hasDiameter ~135 km
hasInterior relatively level floor
hasInteriorFeature central ridges
small craterlets
hasLatitude ~16° S
hasLongitude ~173° E
hasMorphologicalType walled plain
hasNearbyFeature South lunar pole
hasRelativeAge ancient
hasRimCondition eroded
worn
hasSatelliteCrater Aitken A
linked to: Aitken

Aitken B
linked to: Aitken

Aitken C
linked to: Aitken

Aitken D
Aitken E
Aitken F
Aitken G
linked to: Aitken

Aitken H
Aitken J
Aitken K
Aitken L
linked to: Aitken

Aitken M
Aitken N
Aitken P
Aitken Q
linked to: Aitken

Aitken R
linked to: Aitken

Aitken S
Aitken T
Aitken U
Aitken V
Aitken W
Aitken X
linked to: Aitken

Aitken Y
Aitken Z
isBestKnownAs part of the South Pole–Aitken basin
isWithinOneOfLargestImpactStructures Solar System
isWithinOneOfOldestImpactStructures Solar System
locatedIn South Pole–Aitken basin
locatedOn Moon
locatedOnSide far side of the Moon
namedAfter Robert Grant Aitken
observedBy Clementine mission
Lunar Orbiter missions
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
partOf South Pole–Aitken basin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Levi-Civita crater neighboringFeature Aitken crater
Aitken partOf South Pole–Aitken Basin
linked to: Aitken crater
Von Kármán (lunar crater) locatedIn South Pole–Aitken basin
subject linked to: von Kármán crater on the Moon
linked to: Aitken crater
Von Kármán (lunar crater) neighboringCrater Aitken (lunar crater)
subject linked to: von Kármán crater on the Moon
linked to: Aitken crater