Mösting (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Feature on the moon

Mösting

Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Coordinates| 0°42′S 5°54′W﻿ / ﻿0.7°S 5.9°W﻿ / -0.7; -5.9
Diameter| 26 km
Depth| 2.8 km
Colongitude| 6° at sunrise
Eponym| Johan S. von Mösting
Crater area (bottom left) in selenochromatic Image (Si) with some landmarks. More infos here : https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica Closeup of Mösting from Lunar Orbiter 3 Oblique view from Apollo 16, facing north. The rayed crater Mösting C, from Lunar Orbiter 3

Mösting is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern fringes of the Mare Insularum. It was named after Danish benefactor Johan Sigismund von Mösting.[1] The ruined crater Sömmering lies to the northwest. To the southeast is the large crater-bay of Flammarion. Mösting has a terraced inner wall and a small central hill at the midpoint of the floor.

To the south-southeast lies the bowl-shaped Mösting A. This small feature formed the fundamental location in the selenographical coordinate system. It was defined as having the following coordinates:

Latitude: | 3° 12' 43.2" South

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Longitude: | 5° 12' 39.6" West

Later the coordinate system became even more precisely defined using the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.

## Satellite craters

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

Mösting  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 3.2° S  | 5.2° W  | 13 km
B  | 2.7° S  | 7.4° W  | 7 km
C  | 1.8° S  | 8.0° W  | 4 km
D  | 0.3° S  | 5.1° W  | 7 km
E  | 0.3° N  | 4.6° W  | 44 km
K  | 0.7° S  | 7.4° W  | 3 km
L  | 0.6° S  | 3.4° W  | 3 km
M  | 1.3° S  | 4.3° W  | 31 km
U  | 3.2° S  | 6.6° W  | 18 km

## References

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1. ^ "Mösting (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mösting.

* Mösting at The Moon Wiki
* Lunar Orbiter 4108 h3
* Lunar Orbiter 4109 h3
* Apollo 16 Image AS16-M-0845