Malapert (crater)
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Malapert is a lunar impact crater that lies near the south pole of the Moon, named for 17th century astronomer Charles Malapert. British astronomer T. W. Webb noted "this is the nearest visible crater
Lunar Orbiter 4 image with north at top. Malapert Mountain is the bright peak near bottom center.
Malapert crater is north to the Malapert massif, the larger highland is the Leibnitz Beta massif.
Malapert as viewed from Earth
Full Moon 2010
Cabeus (crater)
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Cabeus is a lunar impact crater that is located about 100 km from the south pole of the Moon. At this location the crater is seen obliquely from Earth, and it is almost perpetually in deep shadow due
Malapert (crater)
…The crater is also illuminated at very low angles, so that parts of the interior remain in almost constant darkness. The nearest craters of note are Cabeus to the west, and Shoemaker to the south-southeast and nearer to the south pole of the Moon. The rim of Malapert forms an irregular ring of peaks around…
Cabeus Crater (upper left) as imaged by the Diviner instrument on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Cabeus Crater.
The flash from the LCROSS Centaur impact.
Target area of the Centaur rocket at Cabeus crater.