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Democritus (Crater)Democritus is a lunar impact crater that is located on the northern part of the Moon, just to the north of the Mare Frigoris. Just to the south of Democritus is the lava-flooded Gärtner crater, which forms a bay on the mare. Directly to the north is Arnold crater, another flooded formation. The rim of Democritus is generally sharp-edged and showing little sign of erosion. It forms not quite a circle, with outward notch-like bulges that give it a slightly irregular shape. The inner walls have single or double terraces, and lead down to a relatively flat interior floor. Near the mid-point of the crater is a small central peak. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Democritus crater. | idth="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude | width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude | width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter | | lign="center"|A | align="center"|61.6° N | align="center"|32.4° E | align="center"|11 km | | lign="center"|B | align="center"|60.1° N | align="center"|28.6° E | align="center"|12 km | | lign="center"|D | align="center"|62.9° N | align="center"|31.2° E | align="center"|8 km | | lign="center"|K | align="center"|63.1° N | align="center"|40.7° E | align="center"|7 km | | lign="center"|L | align="center"|63.4° N | align="center"|39.7° E | align="center"|18 km | | lign="center"|M | align="center"|63.6° N | align="center"|37.1° E | align="center"|5 km | | lign="center"|N | align="center"|63.6° N | align="center"|34.3° E | align="center"|16 km |
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