Pythagoras Crater
Date: 29 December 2004
Satellite: SMART-1
Depicts: Pythagoras Crater
Copyright: ESA/SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute
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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: 1 September 2019