Earth and Space News: Julius Caesar Crater Parents 10 Satellites on Lunar Northeast Near Side

Summary: Julius Caesar Crater parents 10 satellites in the highlands between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Vaporum on the lunar northeast near side.

Julius Caesar Crater parents 10 satellites in the highlands bordering Mare Serenitatis, Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Vaporum in the lunar near side's northeastern quadrant.

The low latitude northern hemisphere-sited Julius Caesar Crater system lies in the highland region between the northwestern shores of Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquility") and Mare Vaporum ("Sea of Vapors"). Its location also places the craterous system in the highland region that intervenes between Mare Vaporum and Mare Serenitatis ("Sea of Serenity"), northern neighbor of Mare Tranquillitatis.

Julius Caesar Crater is centered at 9.17 degrees north latitude, 15.21 degrees east longitude, according to the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. The northern hemisphere crater registers northernmost and southernmost latitudes of 10.56 degrees north and 7.77 degrees north, respectively. The eastern hemisphere crater records easternmost and westernmost longitudes of 16.63 degrees east and 13.80 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar Crater has a diameter of 84.72 kilometers.

Mare Serenitatis is centered at 27.29 degrees north latitude, 18.36 degrees east longitude. Northernmost and southernmost latitudes for the northern hemisphere-sited lunar mare (Latin: mare, "sea"; plural, maria, "seas") touch 37.81 degrees north and 16.13 degrees north, respectively. The eastern hemisphere occupant'seasternmost and westernmost longitudes tap 29.92 degrees east and 6.59 degrees east, respectively. Mare Serenitatis has a diameter of 674.28 kilometers.

Mare Tranquillitatis is centered at 8.35 degrees north latitude, 30.83 degrees east longitude. The equator-straddling lunar mare establishes its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 19.37 degrees north and minus 4.05 degrees south, respectively. The eastern hemisphere-sited dark, basaltic plain obtains its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 45.49 degrees east and 16.92 degrees east, respectively. Mare Tranquillitatis has a diameter of 875.75 kilometers.

Mare Vaporum is centered at 13.20 degrees north latitude, 4.09 degrees east longitude. The northern hemisphere-sited low latitude basaltic plain marks its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 16.91 degrees north and 9.39 degrees north, respectively. The prime meridian straddler tags its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 8.73 degrees east and minus 0.41 degrees west, respectively. Mare Vaporum's diameter measures 242.46 kilometers.

The Julius Caesar Crater system's 10 satellites trace an arc on and around their parent that separates their parent's northeastern, northern, northwestern, western, southwestern and southern perimeters from neighboring named crater systems. Satellite Q logs the farthest and northernmost distances from its parent. Satellite F rates as the system's northwesternmost and westernmost positions. Satellite D garners the system's southeasternmost position.

Julius Caesar A is positioned on its parent's southwestern, terraced wall. Its is centered at 7.66 degrees north latitude, 14.45 degrees east longitude. It obtains its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 7.89 degrees north and 7.43 degrees north, respectively. Its easternmost and westernmost longitudes occur at 14.68 degrees east and 14.22 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar A has a diameter of 13.75 kilometers.

Julius Caesar B nestles on its parent's northwestern, terraced wall. It is centered at 9.76 degrees north latitude, 13.94 degrees east longitude. It posts northernmost and southernmost latitudes of 9.87 degrees north and 9.65 degrees north, respectively. It sets its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 14.05 degrees east and 13.82 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar B has a diminutive diameter of 6.72 kilometers.

Julius Caesar C lies to the southeast of satellite A. Satellite C fringes its parent's southwestern wall in terrain described as "low rounded banks" (page 56) by British selenographer Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (Oct. 27, 1836-Jan. 9, 1897) in his description of Julius Caesar Crater in his Victorian era lunar guide, The Moon: A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features, published in 1895.

Julius Caesar C is centered at 7.30 degrees north latitude, 15.34 degrees east longitude. It limits its northernmost and southernmost latitudes to 7.38 degrees north and 7.21 degrees north, respectively. It defines its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 15.42 degrees east and 15.26 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar C has a diminutive diameter of 4.97 kilometers.

Julius Caesar D lies to the southeast of satellite C. The Julius Caesar Crater system's southeasternmost point is centered at 7.19 degrees north latitude, 16.51 degrees east longitude. It realizes northernmost and southernmost latitudes of 7.26 degrees north and 7.11 degrees north, respectively. It observes easternmost and westernmost longitudes of 16.58 degrees east and 16.43 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar D's diminutive diameter measures 4.54 kilometers.

Julius Caesar F's occupancy of the terrain on its parent's northern outskirts distances it from the Julius Caesar Crater system's parental clusters. It is centered at 11.64 degrees north latitude, 12.96 degrees east longitude. Satellite F fixes its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 12.05 degrees north and 11.23 degrees north, respectively. It maintains its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 13.30 degrees east and 12.63 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar F's diameter measures 25.06 kilometers.

Julius Caesar G's position on its parent's northeastern wall opposes satellite B's habitation on the northwestern wall. Satellite G is centered at 10.16 degrees north latitude, 15.75 degrees east longitude. Its northernmost and southernmost latitudes stretch to 10.49 degrees north and 9.83 degrees north, respectively. It places its easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 16.09 degrees east and 15.41 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar G's diameter measures 20.15 kilometers.

Julius Caesar H resides on its parent's western wall, to the southwest of satellites B and J. Satellite H is centered at 8.77 degrees north latitude, 13.58 degrees east longitude. It establishes its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 8.83 degrees north and 8.72 degrees north, respectively. Its easternmost and westernmost longitudes end at 13.63 degrees east and 13.52 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar H has a diminutive diameter of 3.48 kilometers.

Julius Caesar J is situated on its parent's western wall, to the southwest of satellite B and to the northeast of satellite H. Satellite J is centered at 9.31 degrees north latitude, 13.68 degrees east longitude. Its northernmost and southernmost latitudes are located at 9.36 degrees north and 9.26 degrees north, respectively. It achieves easternmost and westernmost longitudes of 13.73 degrees east and 13.63 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar J's diminutive diameter of 3.12 kilometers qualifies it as the smallest of the Julius Caesar Crater system's 10 satellites.

Julius Caesar P lies the closest of the Julius Caesar Crater system's three northern exterior satellites (F, P, Q) to its parent. Satellite P is centered at 11.17 degrees north latitude, 14.15 degrees east longitude. It finds its northernmost and southernmost latitudes at 11.77 degrees north and 10.58 degrees north, respectively. It acknowledges easternmost and westernmost longitudes at 14.76 degrees east and 13.54 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar P's diameter of 36.13 kilometers qualifies it as the largest of the Julius Caesar Crater system's 10 satellites.

Julius Caesar Q is positioned to the north of satellite P and to the northeast of satellite F. Satellite Q is centered at 12.99 degrees north latitude, 13.95 degrees east longitude. The Julius Caesar Crater system's northernmost member records northernmost and southernmost latitudes of 13.46 degrees north and 12.52 degrees north, respectively. It registers easternmost and westernmost longitudes of 14.43 degrees east and 13.46 degrees east, respectively. Julius Caesar Q's diameter spans 28.57 kilometers.

The Julius Caesar Crater system eponymizes first century BCE Roman general and statesman Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BCE-March 15, 44 BCE). The system's parental crater received official approval of its name in 1935. Adoption of the system's 10 named satellites occurred in 2006.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

Julius Caesar Crater system in lunar Julius Caesar Quadrangle; Elliot C. Morris and Don E. Wilhelms, Geologic Map of the Julius Caesar Quadrangle of the Moon; IMAP 510 (I-510), LAC-60 (1967), Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, prepared in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center: via USGS Publications Warehouse @ https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i510; via USGS Publications Warehouse @ https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/0510/plate-1.pdf; via USGS Astrogeology Science Center's Astropedia @ https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Moon/Geology/year-1960/Moon-Geologic-Map-of-the-Julius-Caesar-Quadrangle; via USGS Astrogeology Science Center's Astropedia @ https://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Moon/Geology/year-1960/Moon-Geologic-Map-of-the-Julius-Caesar-Quadrangle.pdf

Elliot C. Morris and Don E. Wilhelms, Geologic Map of the Julius Caesar Quadrangle of the Moon; IMAP 510 (I-510), LAC-60 (1967), Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, prepared in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center: via USGS Astrogeology Science Center's Astropedia @ https://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Moon/Geology/year-1960/Moon-Geologic-Map-of-the-Julius-Caesar-Quadrangle.pdf; via USGS Astrogeology Science Center's Astropedia @ https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Moon/Geology/year-1960/Moon-Geologic-Map-of-the-Julius-Caesar-Quadrangle

Detail of Lunar Aeronautical Chart (LAC) 60 shows the Julius Caesar Crater system's parent and 10 satellites; (bottom left corner) Hevelius Crater with satellites A, B, E and J; (right center) Hevelius D: image credit NASA/GSFC/ASU, via USGS Astrogeology Science Center / Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature @ https://asc-planetarynames-data.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Lunar/lac_60_wac.pdf; via via USGS Astrogeology Science Center / Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature @ https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2859

For further information:

Elger, Thomas Gwyn. “JULIUS CAESAR.--A large incomplete formation of irregular shape. The wall on the E. is much terraced, and forms a flat 'S' curve. The summit ridge is especially bright, and has a conspicuous little crater upon it. On the W. is a number of narrow longitudinal valleys trending from N. to S., included by a wide valley which constitutes the boundary on this side. The border on the S. consists of a number of low rounded banks, those immediately E. of Sosigenes being traversed by several shallow valleys, which look as if they had been shaped by alluvial action. There is a brilliant little hill at the end of one of these valleys, a few miles E. of Sosigenes. The floor of Julius Caesar is uneven in tone, becoming gradually duskier from S. to N., the northern end ranking among the darkest areas on the lunar surface. There are at least three large circular swellings in the interior. A long low mound, with two or three depressions upon it, bounds the wide valley on the E. side.” Page 56. The Moon: A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features: First Quadrant West Longitude 20° to 0°, pages 54-66. London [England]: George Philip & Son, 1895.
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