| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location of Beaumont crater (lower center). | |
| Coordinates | 18.0° S, 28.8° E |
| Diameter | 53 km |
| Depth | 1.7 km |
| Colongitude | 332° at sunrise |
| Eponym | L. É. de Beaumont |
Beaumont is the lava-flooded crater located on the southwestern shore of the Mare Nectaris on Earth's moon. It lies to the northwest of the similarly-flooded Fracastorius crater remnant. To the west is the prominent Catharina crater. The rim of Beaumont crater is breached in the east, where the lava from Mare Nectaris broached the crater and flooded the interior. Now only a worn and crater-impacted outer wall remains. If the crater once possessed a central peak, it is no longer apparent. The floor contains several hills and small craters. A low ridge runs northward from the crater rim across the Mare Nectaris.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Beaumont crater.
| Beaumont | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 16.3° S | 27.7° E | 14 km |
| B | 18.6° S | 26.8° E | 16 km |
| C | 20.2° S | 28.0° E | 6 km |
| D | 17.0° S | 26.2° E | 11 km |
| E | 18.8° S | 27.5° E | 18 km |
| F | 18.3° S | 26.6° E | 10 km |
| G | 20.3° S | 27.1° E | 8 km |
| H | 17.2° S | 28.4° E | 6 km |
| J | 19.9° S | 26.5° E | 5 km |
| K | 17.5° S | 30.1° E | 6 km |
| L | 14.4° S | 30.0° E | 4 km |
| M | 19.4° S | 28.6° E | 10 km |
| N | 16.9° S | 27.7° E | 5 km |
| P | 19.9° S | 29.6° E | 17 km |
| R | 17.9° S | 30.7° E | 4 km |
References
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
- Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
- Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3.
- McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). Lunar Nomenclature. Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136.
- Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
- Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press.
- Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
- Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, 6th revision, Dover. ISBN 0-486-20917-2.
- Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62248-4.
- Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 1852331933.
