Mösting is a small
lunar impact crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact crater ...
that is located in the southeastern fringes of the
Mare Insularum
Mare Insularum (Latin ''īnsulārum'', the "sea of islands") is a lunar mare located in the Insularum basin just south of the western Mare Imbrium. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian epo ...
. It was named after Danish benefactor
Johan Sigismund von Mösting.
The ruined crater
Sömmering lies to the northwest. To the southeast is the large crater-bay of
Flammarion. Mösting has a
terrace
Terrace may refer to:
Landforms and construction
* Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river
* Terrace, a street suffix
* Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk an ...
d inner wall and a small central hill at the midpoint of the floor.
To the south-southeast lies the bowl-shaped Mösting A. This small feature formed the fundamental location in the
selenographical coordinate system. It was defined as having the following coordinates:
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Later the coordinate system became even more precisely defined using the
Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.
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 Mösting.
References
*"A Unified Lunar Control Network — The Near Side", Merton E. Davies, Tim R. Colvin, & Donald L. Mayer, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, 1987.
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External links
Mösting at The Moon WikiLunar Orbiter 4108 h3Lunar Orbiter 4109 h3Apollo 16 Image AS16-M-0845
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Impact craters on the Moon