Clavius

British  

/ ˈkleɪvɪəs /

noun

1. one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant

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Example Sentences

When Æon finally gets to the literal bottom of Goodchild’s plan, penetrating his secret bunker inside Clavius’ body, she scoffs: “I thought you had an operation here. I thought you were getting some work done. Where is the smoke-filled room? Where are the sleazy characters?”

From Slate

A couple of years ago, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy detected water molecules in the Clavius Crater, one of the largest lunar craters visible from Earth.

From Seattle Times

The concentration at Clavius is low — “roughly equivalent to a 12 ounce bottle of water within a cubic meter,” Dr. Honniball said.

From New York Times

Those emissions were seen in sunlit parts of the Clavius crater near the South Pole but not near the lunar Equator where temperatures get warmer.

From New York Times

NASA’s astrophysics director Paul Hertz said it’s too soon to know whether this water — found in and around the southern hemisphere’s sunlit Clavius Crater — would be accessible.

From Seattle Times