Lilius (crater)

Lilius is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. It lies to the north of the crater Zach, and south-southwest of Cuvier. Just to the southeast is the slightly larger Jacobi. The crater is named after the inventor of the Gregorian calendar, Aloysius Lilius.

The outer rim of Lilius has been worn down and rounded, particularly to the northwest where the inner wall protrudes farther into the interior floor. The lowest portion of the rim is to the south, adjacent to a crater attached to the southeast part of the outer wall. The interior floor is relatively flat and featureless, but there is a wide, domed central peak at the midpoint.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lilius.

References

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Crater

Crater may refer to:

In landforms:

Impact crater, caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet

Volcanic crater or caldera, formed by volcanic activity

Subsidence crater, from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion

A maar crater, a relief crater caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion

pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava

Crater lake

Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface

Machtesh, a crater-like formation created by erosion.

Other:

Crater, California, in Inyo County

Cratering, when reindeer dig for lichens that sustain them in winter months

Crater (constellation)

Joseph F. Crater, a New York judge who disappeared in 1930

An alternate ancient name for the Crathis, a river of southern Italy

Crater (Yemen)

The Crater (novel) a book by James Cooper

Crater Exploration New Space services company.

Crater, a 2016 collaborative album between Mamiffer and Daniel Menche

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location on Google Map

Crater (Aden)

Crater (/ˈkreɪtər/; Arabic: كريتر‎, [ˈkɾeːtəɾ]), also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera (Arabic: صيرة Ṣīrah). It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. In 1991, the population was 70,319. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.

In the closing days of British rule in 1967, Crater District became the focus of the Aden Emergency, sometimes called the last imperial war. After a mutiny of hundreds of soldiers in the South Arabian Federation Army on 20 June, all British forces withdrew from the Crater. The Crater was occupied by Arab fighters while British forces blocked off its two main entrances. In July, a British infantry battalion, led by Lt. Col. Colin Mitchell of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, entered the Crater and managed to occupy the entire district overnight with no casualties. Nevertheless, deadly guerrilla attacks soon resumed, with the British leaving Aden by the end of November 1967, earlier than had been planned by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and without an agreement on the succeeding governance.

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Crater (Chinese astronomy)

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Crater is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 巨爵座 (jù jué zuò), meaning "the huge wine holder constellation".