Vitruvius is a small lunar

impact crater An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...

that lies on the northern edge of the

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. To the east is the crater Gardner, and to the northeast is Fabbroni. To the north-northwest is the elongated Mons Vitruvius mountain, and beyond is the valley where the

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mission landed. The rim of Vitruvius is somewhat circular, but the sides are uneven to the north and east. The rim is highest to the northwest. The interior floor is uneven, with some low rises in the southwest. A small crater is attached to southern outer rim. The surroundings grow more rugged to the north of the crater. The crater was named after the ancient Roman engineer and architect

Vitruvius Vitruvius ( ; ; –70 BC – after ) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled . As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissan ...

. Vitruvius is a crater of Upper (Late)

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age.

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 Vitruvius. The following craters have been renamed by the

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. * Vitruvius A — ''See''

Gardner (crater) Gardner is a small Lunar craters, lunar impact crater in the northeast part of the Moon. It was named after an American physicist Irvine Clifton Gardner in 1976. It lies due east of the crater Vitruvius (crater), Vitruvius, in a section of roug ...

. * Vitruvius E — ''See'' Fabbroni (crater). Vitruvius G is named ''El Greco'' on Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap LTO-61A1 Cajal, but this name was not approved by the IAU.

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External links

LTO-43D4 Vitruvius
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Vitruvius at The Moon Wiki
* - also featuring the surrounding craters including Vitruvius * {{cite web, date = October 22, 2007 , url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20071022 , title = A New Fault , publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day , url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20071022, archive-date=June 14, 2011 Impact craters on the Moon