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    Pythagoras Crater

    Date: 30 Dec 2004
    Satellite: SMART-1
    Depicts: Pythagoras Crater
    Copyright: ESA/SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute

    This mosaic view of Pythagoras is composed of images taken by the AMIE camera during two successive orbits on 29 and 30 December 2004 from an altitude of ~ 4000 km.

    Pythagoras is a 120 km diameter complex lunar crater characterized by a relatively flat crater floor, a central peak and terraced walls. The terraced walls height reaches 5000 m.


    Last Update: 17 Jan 2005

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