Osiris (lunar crater)

Osiris
	LRO image
Diameter	1 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	323° at sunrise

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Somewhat oblique Apollo 17 image, facing south

Oblique view from Apollo 15

Osiris is a tiny lunar volcanic crater in the southeastern part of the Mare Serenitatis. It is located to the northeast of the small crater Dawes, and to the west of the Montes Taurus range. To the east-northeast of this position is the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission, in the Taurus–Littrow valley.

Osiris and nearby Isis are located on conical uprises situated along a rille and are interpreted as small volcanic cones.^[1]^[2]^[3] Osiris is the biggest of 5 cones on this rille.^[2]

The name of the crater was approved by the IAU in 1976, and refers to an Egyptian male given name.^[4]

References

↑ Head, James W., 1975. Morphology of Pyroclastic Lunar Volcanic Deposits: Implications for Eruption Conditions and Localized Sources of Volatiles. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 6, page 349-351.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Weitz C. M., Head J. W. (1999). "Spectral properties of the Marius Hills volcanic complex and implications for the formation of lunar domes and cones". Journal of Geophysical Research 104 (E8): 18933–18956. doi:10.1029/1998JE000630. Bibcode: 1999JGR...10418933W.
↑ Lena R., Wöhler C., Phillips J., Chiocchetta M. T. (2013). Lunar Domes: Properties and Formation Processes. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 6, 8. doi:10.1007/978-88-470-2637-7. ISBN 9788847026377. Bibcode: 2013ldpf.book.....L. https://books.google.com/books?id=6F5h39Azb1kC&q=Osiris&pg=PT15. (Appendix A: Lunar dome images).
↑ Osiris, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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