D'Arrest (crater)
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This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the crater on Phobos, see D'Arrest (Phobos crater).
D'Arrest is a lunar impact crater that is located in the lava-flooded region to the west of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is named after the German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.[1] It lies to the southeast of the crater Agrippa and northwest of Delambre. Just to the northeast are the small, bowl-shaped craters De Morgan and Cayley.
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Coordinates | 2.3°N 14.7°E / 2.3; 14.7 |
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Diameter | 30 km |
Depth | 1.5 km |
Colongitude | 344° at sunrise |
Eponym | Heinrich d'Arrest |
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The outer rim of D'Arrest is broken in several places, with a gash at the south end and a wide gap to the northeast where only a low ridge remains in place of the original wall. The interior has been resurfaced by lava, leaving a nearly flat, featureless floor. The surviving rim is low and worn, with ridges connecting it to the south and southwest.