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Theophilus (crater)

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Theophilus is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies between Sinus Asperitatis in the north and Mare Nectaris to the southeast. [1]

17 relations: Apollo 16, Basalt, Beaumont (crater), Cambridge University Press, Catharina (crater), Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Cyrillus (crater), Eratosthenian, Impact crater, Kalmbach Publishing, Lunar craters, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mare Nectaris, Mädler (lunar crater), Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Sinus Asperitatis, Terminator (solar).

Apollo 16

Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands.

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Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Beaumont (crater)

Beaumont is a lava-flooded crater located on the southwestern shore of the Mare Nectaris on Earth's Moon.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Catharina (crater)

Catharina is an ancient lunar impact crater located in the southern highlands.

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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ̀ⲛⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, literally: the Egyptian Orthodox Church) is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt, Northeast Africa and the Middle East.

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Cyrillus (crater)

Cyrillus is a lunar impact crater located on the northwest edge of Mare Nectaris.

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Eratosthenian

The Eratosthenian period in the lunar geologic timescale runs from 3,200 million years ago to 1,100 million years ago.

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Impact crater

An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.

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Kalmbach Publishing

Kalmbach Publishing Co. is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Lunar craters

Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon.

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit.

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Mare Nectaris

Mare Nectaris ("Sea of Nectar") is a small lunar mare or sea (a volcanic lava plain noticeably darker than the rest of the Moon's surface) located south of Mare Tranquillitatis southwest of Mare Fecunditatis, on the near side of the moon.

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Mädler (lunar crater)

Mädler is a lunar impact crater located on the mare that joins Sinus Asperitatis in the north to Mare Nectaris to the southeast.

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Pope Theophilus of Alexandria

Theophilus was the 23rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St.

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Sinus Asperitatis

Sinus Asperitatis (Latin for "Bay of Roughness") is an area of lunar mare that extends southward from the Mare Tranquillitatis until it joins the Mare Nectaris to the southeast.

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Terminator (solar)

A terminator or twilight zone is a moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_(crater)

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