Prominent flooded crater wth numerous small craters om its floor that are likely related to the Mare Imbrium impact.
Origin: Impact and Tectonic Diameter: 84 km Rukl: 51 Type: CC and Rill
Objects: Mersenius, Rimae Mersenius
Others Identified: Liebig, Mersenius B, Mersenius P, Mersenius H, Mersenius D
Location: Home
Date: 2025-10-03
Time: 11:58 PM ADT
Equipment: 10"Meade SCT
Eyepiece: 10 mm eyepiece
Magnification: x250
Seeing: Very Good (2)
Transparency: Very Good (2)
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RI: Mersenius was oval shaped with a central uprise. There was a shallow shadow on the west side and slight evidence of one in the east. It had wide terraced and deep walls. Impact Crater H was on the SW wall and Crater P on the opposite side whose northern wall seemed to disappear into the adjacent 'plains'. NOTE: There was an illuminated semicircle east of Mersenius that broke half way up. I questioned whether the lower part was Rupes Liebig and whether the upper part was part of Rimae Mersenius. |
