Editing Plutarch (crater)

{{Short description|Lunar impact crater}}{{Infobox Lunar crater
| image       = Plutarch crater 4165 h3.jpg
| caption     = Oblique [[Lunar Orbiter 4]] image
| coordinates = {{coord|24.1|N|79.0|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter    = 68 km
| depth       = 2.8 km
| colong      = 282
| eponym      = [[Plutarch]]
}}
[[Image:Plutarch crater AS16-P-5532 ASU.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Oblique [[Apollo 16]] image]]
'''Plutarch''' is a [[Lunar craters|lunar]] [[impact crater]] that lies near the north-northeastern limb of the [[Moon]], just to the south of the irregular crater [[Seneca (crater)|Seneca]]. To the southeast is the flooded crater [[Cannon (crater)|Cannon]]. The proximity of this crater to the limb causes it to appear foreshortened when viewed from the [[Earth]], but it is actually a circular formation.

This crater has a well-defined rim edge that is only slightly eroded. A small crater intrudes slightly into the southwestern rim, and another small crater lies near the south-southeastern rim. The inner wall is unusually wide in the southern half of the crater, with the narrowest section along the northern rim. Slumping and [[wiktionary:terrace|terrace]]s formed along the inner sides, and a notable central peak near the midpoint of the interior floor.

==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 Plutarch.

{| class="wikitable"
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Plutarch 
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter
|-
|align="center"|C
|align="center"|23.1° N
|align="center"|71.0° E
|align="center"|11&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|D
|align="center"|24.3° N
|align="center"|75.7° E
|align="center"|15&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|F
|align="center"|23.5° N
|align="center"|73.5° E
|align="center"|12&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|G
|align="center"|23.0° N
|align="center"|75.2° E
|align="center"|11&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|24.4° N
|align="center"|72.7° E
|align="center"|11&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|K
|align="center"|25.1° N
|align="center"|72.8° E
|align="center"|11&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|L
|align="center"|25.8° N
|align="center"|71.6° E
|align="center"|8&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|M
|align="center"|23.8° N
|align="center"|77.6° E
|align="center"|11&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|N
|align="center"|23.8° N
|align="center"|77.1° E
|align="center"|12&nbsp;km
|}

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[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]]