Atlas
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The Titan of a famous northeastern pair with Hercules — rilles and dark ash spots crack its floor.
Type
Crater
Diameter
88 km
Position
46.7°N 44.4°E
Name approved
1935
Atlas is floor-fractured, cut by the Rimae Atlas, and carries dark patches on its floor where pyroclastic material was erupted along those fractures. Hercules beside it is a similar size and sits in the same terrain, but was simply flooded, while Atlas was lifted and vented from below.
Sunrise
Sunset
Sunrise and sunset on Atlas
| Event | Time | Lit |
|---|---|---|
| Computing… | ||
- Sunrise / Sunset: at the feature's centre (IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature).
- Lit: the illuminated fraction of the Moon's disc at that moment.
Named after
Atlas, the Titan of Greek myth who held up the sky.
Further info
Official record from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Atlas
Wikipedia: Atlas (crater)