Explore: Crater Chain

satellite crater Davy Y to the east, a formation which contains a crater chain designated Catena Davy. To the southeast of Davy is the prominent crater Alphonsus

A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena /kəˈtiːnə/, plural catenae

pit crater chain. Pit crater chains are distinguished from catenae or crater chains by their origin. When adjoining walls between pits in a pit crater chain

and southeast. There is a chain of craters leading from the northwest crater rim to a distance almost as long as the crater is wide. This formation is

the formation of central peak craters elsewhere on the lunar surface. To the north of Timocharis is a tiny crater chain named the Catena Timocharis. THere

south and by the crater chain. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is

The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles (40 km) from

and to the south-southeast is Almanon. To the north is the crater Dollond. A chain of craters named the Catena Abulfeda runs between the southern rim of

Onnes, and to the northeast of the crater Michelson. To the south of Kolhörster is an area marked with crater chains formed from secondary impacts during

small crater that overlays the northwest rim of Swasey, so that the three form a short crater chain. The floor of Lebesgue is hummocky. The crater's name