Aratus CA (lat. 24.5 N, long. 11.3 E) is an irregular-shaped crater 8.6 km long by 3 km wide in western Mare Serenitatis, which was photographed during the Apollo 15 and 17 missions. It is similar in form to Bear Crater (fig. 30-2), a small volcanic vent formed in Holocene basalt flows of the Snake River Plains, Idaho. The two features are compared and it is concluded that Aratus CA may have a geologic structure and history similar to that of Bear Crater.
Comparative geology of crater Aratus CA (Mare Serenitatis) and Bear Crater (Idaho)
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Craters as Indicators of Compositional Stratigraphy in Mare Tranquillitatis and Serenitatis
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
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