Mosting A                               Earth-based telescopic image                       Cropped Lunar Orbiter image .

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Full-sized version of Lunar Orbiter image  LO4-109H1

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Brief

Parts of Section 43 & 44 are shown above. Mosting is the distinct crater located at the top of the photo and is 26 km in diameter, 2760 m deep. It is situated close to the center of the lunar disc and is easily observed under any angle of illumination. It is well-known because of its value as the base reference point in the system of selenographic co-ordinates. The arrow in the image above points to Mosting A, a crater only 13 km in diameter. The awesome close-up from Lunar Orbiter 4 shows the well-lit Mosting crater SE of the shadowed crater Sommering.

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Other Lunar Orbiter images

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-108H3.jpg  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-113H3.jpg

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For the latest information and images regarding this section, including Apollo Hasselblad (H), Metric (M), and Panoramic (P) images, go to:  Section 43 Clickable Sections Map

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