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Plato crater 20 Jul 2022

Based on Lunar Orbiter IV images we have some reliable measurements.
The crater itself is about 100Km diameter.
At south-west there is Montes Teneriffe, its elevation was of 2.4Km and a base diameter of 112 Km, at the right the Plato rimae (incomplete in the picture)

Internally we have the big four

A = 1.7 miles (2.7 km)
B = 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
C = 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
D = 1.3 miles (2.1 km)

+1 on the west-northwest wall
W = 2.0 miles (3.2 km)

The “Little Four”
e = 1.2 miles (1.9 km)
f = 1.0 miles (1.6 km)
g = 0.94 miles (1.5 km)
h = 1.4 x 0.8 miles (2.2 x 1.3 km)


The “Tiny Nine”
i = 0.7 miles (1.2 km)
j = 0.6 miles (1.0 km)
k = 0.7 miles (1.3 km)
l = 0.6 miles (1.0 km)
m = 0.7 miles (1.2 km)
n = 0.7 miles (1.1 km)
o = 0.7 miles (1.1 km) (double craterlet)
p = 0.7 miles (triple craterlet)
q = 0.6 miles (1.0 km) (double overlapping crater)