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Here is part one of the Inconstant Moon Catalog - summary details of all of the features mentioned in the guide. "Class" refers to the crater classification given in Ralph Baldwin's The Measure of the Moon. "Rukl" indicates the chart number in Antonin Rukl's Atlas of the Moon - click on this to see the corresponding page in Akkana Peck's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon.

ALBATEGNIUS crater
Diameter: 81 miles
Depth: 14500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 44
Ring mountain with 4500' off-centre peak.

ALDRIN crater
Diameter: 2 miles
Depth: 2000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 35

ALPHONSUS crater
Diameter: 73 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 44
Ring mountain with 4000' central peak.

ALPINE valley
Official name: Vallis Alpes
Length: 110 miles
Width: 1 - 13 miles
Rukl: 4

ALPS mountain range
Official name: Montes Alpes
Area: 150 x 350 mile region.
Height: 12000'
Rukl: 12
Between Mare Frigoris and Mare Imbrium.

ALTAI SCARP fault
Official name: Rupes Altai
Length: 300 miles
Height: Up to 2 miles, average 1.
Rukl: 57
Arc between Piccolomini and Mare Tranquillitatis.

ANAXAGORAS crater
Diameter: 33 miles
Depth: 9000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 4
Central peak.

APENNINES mountain range
Official name: Montes Apenninus
Area: 450 mile chain.
Height:
Rukl: 22
Along south-east edge of Mare Imbrium.

ARCHIMEDES crater
Diameter: 51 miles
Depth: 7000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 22

ARIADAEUS, Rima rille
Length: 140 miles
Width: 2 - 3 miles
Rukl: 34

ARISTARCHUS crater
Diameter: 25 miles
Depth: 12000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 18
Extremely young.

ARISTOTELES crater
English name: Aristotle
Diameter: 55 miles
Depth: 12000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 5
Ring mountain.

ARISTULLUS crater
Diameter: 36 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 12

ARMSTRONG crater
Diameter: 3 miles
Depth: 2000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 35

ARZACHEL crater
Diameter: 59 miles
Depth: 13000'
Class: 3
Rukl: 55
Ring mountain with 4500' central peak.

ATLAS crater
Diameter: 54 miles
Depth: 10000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 15
2500' central peak.

AUSTRALE Mare
Dimensions: 500 x 300 miles (visible)
Rukl: 76
Cluster of flooded patches near south-eastern limb.

AUTOLYCUS crater
Diameter: 25 miles
Depth: 11000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 12

BAILLY crater
Diameter: 200 miles
Depth: 14000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 71
Largest nearside crater.

BETTINUS crater
Diameter: 49 miles
Depth: 12500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 71

BIANCHINI crater
Diameter: 25 miles
Depth: 10000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 2

BILLY crater
Diameter: 30 miles
Depth: 4000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 40
Dark floor.

BULLIALDUS crater
Diameter: 38 miles
Depth: 11500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 53

BYRGIUS crater
Diameter: 53 miles
Depth: 15000'
Class: 3
Rukl: 50

BYRGIUS A crater
Diameter: 13 miles
Depth: 4000'
Rukl: 50
Young with bright rays.

CAMPANUS crater
Diameter: 31 miles
Depth: 6500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 53

CARDANUS crater
Diameter: 31 miles
Depth: 6500'
Class: 2
Rukl: 28

CARPATHIANS mountain range
Official name: Montes Carpatus
Area: 200 x 65 mile area.
Height: 6500'
Rukl: 20, 31
Along south-west edge of Mare Imbrium.

CATHARINA crater
Diameter: 64 miles
Depth: 9000'
Class: 4
Rukl: 57
Ring mountain.

CAUCASUS mountain range
Official name: Montes Caucasus
Area: 310 x 75 mile area.
Height: 17500'
Rukl: 13
Between Mare Imbrium and Mare Serenitatis.

CAUCHY crater
Diameter: 8 miles
Depth: 6000'
Rukl: 36
Young.

CAUCHY, Rimae rilles
Length: 130 miles
Rukl: 36

CAUCHY, Rupes fault
Length: 75 miles
Rukl: 36

CLAVIUS crater
Diameter: 162 miles
Depth: 16000'
Class: 2
Rukl: 72
Walled plain.

CLEOMEDES crater
Diameter: 92 miles
Depth: 14500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 26
5000' multiple central peaks.

COLLINS crater
Diameter: 1.5 miles
Depth: 2000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 35

COPERNICUS crater
Diameter: 60 miles
Depth: 12500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 31
Ring mountain with 2000' multiple central peaks.

CORDILLERA mountain range
Official name: Montes Cordillera
Area:
Height: 20000'
Rukl: 39, 50
On western limb of Moon, surrounding Mare Orientale.

CRISIUM Mare
Dimensions: 350 x 270 miles
Distinctive oval in north-east, separated from other Maria.

CURTIUS crater
Diameter: 63 miles
Depth: 13000'
Rukl: 73
Very old with 3000' central peak.

CYRILLUS crater
Diameter: 62 miles
Depth: 12000'
Class: 3
Rukl: 46
Ring mountain with 6000' central peak.

DELAMBRE crater
Diameter: 32 miles
Depth: 11500'
Class: 2
Rukl: 46

DIONYSIUS crater
Diameter: 12 miles
Depth: 8500'
Rukl: 35
Young and extremely bright.

DOERFEL mountain range
Area:
Height: 26000'
Along south-western limb of Moon.

ENDYMION crater
Diameter: 77 miles
Depth: 16000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 7
Dark floor.

ERATOSTHENES crater
Diameter: 37 miles
Depth: 12500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 21, 32
6500' multiple central peaks.

EUCLIDES crater
English name: Euclid
Diameter: 8 miles
Depth: 4500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 41
Very bright.

EUDOXUS crater
Diameter: 43 miles
Depth: 14500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 13
2500' multiple central peaks.

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