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Here is part three of the Inconstant Moon Catalog - summary details of all of the features mentioned in the guide. "Class" refers to the crater classification given in Ralph Baldwin's The Measure of the Moon. "Rukl" indicates the chart number in Antonin Rukl's Atlas of the Moon - click on this to see the corresponding page in Akkana Peck's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon.

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NASMYTH crater
Diameter: 54 miles
Depth: 4500'
Rukl: 70
Very old.

NECTARIS Mare
Dimensions: 265 x 220 miles
Oval, to south of Mare Tranquillitatis.

NEPER crater
Diameter: 85 miles
Rukl: 38
Dark floor.

NUBIUM Mare
Dimensions: 400 x 350 miles
Irregular dark area to east of Mare Humorum.

OKEN crater
Diameter: 48 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 69
Old.

OLBERS crater
Diameter: 45 miles
Depth: 10000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 28

OLBERS A crater
Diameter: 26 miles
Depth: 8000'
Rukl: 28
Young.

ORIENTALE Mare
Dimensions:
Rukl: 50
Oval beyond western limb, just visible at extreme libration.

PETAVIUS crater
Diameter: 110 miles
Depth: 14000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 59
Ring mountain with 8000' multiple central peaks.

PHILIPS crater
Diameter: 80 miles
Depth: 10500'
Rukl: 60
Very old.

PHOCYLIDES crater
Diameter: 89 miles
Depth: 7000'
Class: 3
Rukl: 70
Walled plain.

PICCOLOMINI crater
Diameter: 54 miles
Depth: 12000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 58
5000' multiple central peaks.

PICO mountain
Height: 8000'
Rukl: 11

PITATUS crater
Diameter: 69 miles
Depth: 3000'
Rukl: 54
Very old walled plain.

PITON mountain
Height: 8000'
Rukl: 12

PLATO crater
Diameter: 67 miles
Depth: 8000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 3
Very dark floor.

PLINIUS crater
English name: Pliny
Diameter: 27 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 24
3500' multiple central peaks.

PLUTARCH crater
Diameter: 41 miles
Depth: 9000'
Rukl: 27
Old.

POSIDONIUS crater
Diameter: 61 miles
Depth: 8500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 14
Walled plain.

PROCELLARUM Oceanus
Dimensions: 1200 x 1200 miles
Largest of Maria, near west and north-west limb.

PROCLUS crater
Diameter: 18 miles
Depth: 12000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 26
1500' central peak.

PTOLEMAEUS crater
English name: Ptolemy
Diameter: 93 miles
Depth: 10000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 44
Walled plain.

PYRENEES mountain range
Official name: Montes Pyrenaeus
Area: 165 x 45 mile area.
Height: 11000'
Rukl: 48
Between Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris.

PYTHAGORAS crater
Diameter: 90 miles
Depth: 16500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 2
Walled plain.

PYTHEAS crater
Diameter: 15 miles
Depth: 7000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 20
Very bright.

REINER crater
Diameter: 18 miles
Depth: 8500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 29

REINER GAMMA discolouration
Diameter: 50 miles
Rukl: 28
Unique feature with no detectable relief.

REINHOLD crater
Diameter: 28 miles
Depth: 9000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 31

RHEITA crater
Diameter: 44 miles
Depth: 14500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 68
3500' central peak.

RHEITA valley
Official name: Vallis Rheita
Length: 230 miles
Depth: 8500'
Rukl: 68
Towards south-western limb.

RICCIOLI crater
Diameter: 97 miles
Depth: 7500'
Class: 3
Rukl: 39
Walled plain.

RIPHAEUS mountain range
Official name: Montes Riphaeus
Area: 110 x 30 mile area.
Height: 4000'
Rukl: 41
To south-east of Oceanus Procellarum.

SANTBECH crater
Diameter: 40 miles
Depth: 13000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 59
2500' central peak.

SCHICKARD crater
Diameter: 150 miles
Depth: 9500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 62
Walled plain.

SCHILLER crater
Diameter: 48 x 113 miles
Depth: 12500'
Rukl: 71
Extremely elongated.

SCHRÖTER'S valley
Official name: Vallis Schröteri
Length: 100 miles
Depth: 3300'
Rukl: 18
Sinuous valley to west of crater Aristarchus.

SERENITATIS Mare
Dimensions: 420 x 360 miles
Oval, near middle of north-east quadrant of lunar disc.

SMIRNOV, Dorsa wrinkle ridges
Diameter: 48 miles
Rukl: 24
In eastern half of Mare Serenitatis.

STEVINUS crater
Diameter: 48 miles
Depth: 15500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 69
3000' central peak.

STEVINUS A crater
Diameter: 5 miles
Depth:
Rukl: 69
Young with bright ray system.

STRAIGHT WALL fault
Official name: Rupes Recta
Length: 75 miles
Height: 1200'.
Rukl: 54
In south-east corner of Mare Nubium, running north-west to south-east.

TARUNTIUS crater
Diameter: 36 miles
Depth: 3000'
Class: 5
Rukl: 37
2500' multiple central peaks.

TENERIFFE mountain range
Official name: Montes Teneriffe
Area: 65 x 35 mile area.
Height: 6000'
Rukl: 11
Scattering of peaks inside north of Mare Imbrium.

THALES crater
Diameter: 22 miles
Depth: 6000'
Rukl: 6
Young.

THEBIT crater
Diameter: 36 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 2
Rukl: 55
3500' central peak.

THEOPHILUS crater
Diameter: 65 miles
Depth: 22500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 46
Ring mountain with 7500' multiple central peaks.

TIMOCHARIS crater
Diameter: 22 miles
Depth: 9550'
Class: 1
Rukl: 21
2500' central peak.

TRANQUILLITATIS Mare
Dimensions: 550 x 400 miles
Oval plain between centre of lunar disc and Mare Crisium on east.

TYCHO crater
Diameter: 56 miles
Depth: 14000'
Class: 1
Rukl: 64
Ring mountain with 5000' central peak and immense ray system.

VAPORUM Mare
Dimensions: 160 x 120 miles
Oval plain slightly to north of centre of lunar disc.

VENDELINUS crater
Diameter: 100 miles
Depth: 14500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 60
Walled plain.

WARGENTIN crater
Diameter: 59 miles
Depth: 500'
Class: 5
Rukl: 70
Circular, floor raised almost to top of perimeter wall.

ZUCCHIUS crater
Diameter: 45 miles
Depth: 10500'
Class: 1
Rukl: 71
1500' multiple central peaks.

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