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Taruntius
[ tuh-ruhn-shuhs ]
noun
- a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
Example Sentences
TARUNTIUS.—Notwithstanding its comparatively low walls, this ring-plain, 44 miles in diameter, is a very conspicuous object under a rising sun.
Two low dusky rings and a long narrow valley with brilliant flanks are prominent objects on the plain E. of Taruntius under a low evening sun.
SECCHI.—A partially enclosed little ring-plain S. of Taruntius, with a prominent central mountain and bright walls.
The Cauchy cleft, however, lies N. of these, and terminates, as shown by Schmidt, among the mountains N.E. of Taruntius.
CAUCHY.—A bright little crater, not more than 7 or 8 miles in diameter, on the W. side of the Mare Tranquilitatis, N.E. of Taruntius.
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