Copernicus
a crater on the Moon
on the Moon
A crater 96 km wide and about 800 million years old, with terraced walls and a cluster of mountains in the middle. Its age comes from glass in Apollo 12's soil thought to have been thrown out by the impact.
- 9.62° N, 20.08° W · 96 km wide · 3.8 km deep · central peaks up to about 1.2 km high · about 800 million years old
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
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