Vieta (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Selenochromatic Image(Si) of the crater area(top left) Vieta

Lunar Orbiter 4 image
(black lines are artifact of image reprocessing)

Diameter| 87 km
Depth| 4.5 km
Colongitude| 57° at sunrise

Vieta is a lunar impact crater that lies due north of the walled plain Schickard, in the southwestern part of the Moon. About half a crater diameter to the southeast is the smaller Fourier, and to the north-northeast lies Cavendish.

The outer rim of this crater has undergone some impact erosion, and small craters lie along the northeast, south, and north-northwestern sides. The inner walls are irregular, with incised bases in some locations. A chain of small craters lies across the northern half of the interior floor, following a line towards the east-northeast. The floor is nearly level, but with some uneven areas in the south and by the crater chain.

## Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Vieta.

Vieta  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 30.3° S  | 59.3° W  | 34 km
B  | 30.5° S  | 60.2° W  | 40 km
C  | 28.7° S  | 58.4° W  | 12 km
D  | 27.8° S  | 54.2° W  | 8 km
E  | 27.0° S  | 58.1° W  | 11 km
F  | 26.8° S  | 57.7° W  | 6 km
G  | 29.4° S  | 57.0° W  | 6 km
H  | 29.1° S  | 56.2° W  | 5 km
J  | 28.9° S  | 55.9° W  | 6 km
K  | 28.0° S  | 55.0° W  | 5 km
L  | 29.5° S  | 60.2° W  | 8 km
M  | 29.8° S  | 60.6° W  | 5 km
P  | 27.5° S  | 57.9° W  | 8 km
R  | 26.6° S  | 57.5° W  | 3 km
T  | 32.4° S  | 57.8° W  | 28 km
Y  | 30.5° S  | 55.8° W  | 11 km

## References

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