List of craters with ray systems

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This is a list of craters with ray systems . In the following tables, the listed coordinates and the diameter are for the crater.

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Mercury

The following craters on Mercury possess ray systems.

Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter
Ailey 45.5° S182.1° W21 km
Amaral 26.4° S242.3° W105 km
Bartók 29.22° S135.06° W118 km
Bashō 32.4° S170.36° W74.62 km
Bek 21.2° N51.0° W32 km
Berkel 13.6° S333.5° W21 km
Copley 38.4° S85.2° W34 km
Cunningham 30.41° N202.93° W37 km
David 17.66° S292.13° W23 km
Debussy 33.9° S347.5° W85 km
Degas 37.4° N126.4° W60 km
Du Fu 25.0° N93.66° W33 km
Enwonwu 9.9° S238.4° W38 km
Erté 27.44° N117.33° W48.5 km
Fonteyn 32.82° N264.49° W29 km
Han Kan 71.6° S143.8° W50 km
Hitomaro 16.07° S15.65° W105 km
Hodgkins 29.2° N341.74° W19 km
Hokusai 58.3° N342.3° W95 km
Hovnatanian 7.6° S187.5° W34 km
Ives 32.87° S111.99° W18 km
Kuiper 11.3° S31.5° W62 km
Kulthum 50.72° N93.53° W31 km
Matabei 39.7° S13.9° W24 km
Mena 0.17° S124.73° W15 km
Nureyev 11.68° N173.13° W16 km
Petipa 11.54° S338.95° W12 km
Popova 34.72° S66.73° W34 km
Qi Baishi 4.2° S196.0° W16 km
Snorri 9.17° S83.24° W21 km
Tyagaraja 3.89° S148.9° W97 km
Waters 8.96° S105.45° W15 km
Xiao Zhao 10.58° N236.16° W24 km

Mars

The following craters on Mars possess ray systems (These were discovered in Thermal Emission Imaging System infrared images).

Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter
Dilly 37.4° N126.4° E2 km
Unnamed22.5° N151.4° E2.5 km
Gratteri 17.7° S199.9° E6.9 km
Tomini 16.3° N125.9° E7.4 km
Zumba 28.7° S226.9° E3.3 km
Zunil 7.7° N166° E10.4 km
Corinto 16.9° N141.7° E13.5 km

Moon

The unnamed crater west of Saenger (Apollo 11 image AS11-42-6285) AS11-42-6285.jpg
The unnamed crater west of Saenger (Apollo 11 image AS11-42-6285)
The unnamed crater within Balmer (Apollo 14 image AS14-72-10030) AS14-72-10030 (21726430318).jpg
The unnamed crater within Balmer (Apollo 14 image AS14-72-10030)
The unnamed crater within Daguerre Small crater in Daguerre crater AS16-P-4511.jpg
The unnamed crater within Daguerre
Oblique closeup of the unnamed crater on the north rim of Gibbs (Apollo 15 image AS15-81-10920) Rim of Gibbs crater AS15-81-10920.jpg
Oblique closeup of the unnamed crater on the north rim of Gibbs (Apollo 15 image AS15-81-10920)

This table lists the lunar impact craters that have ray systems. Crater names followed by a letter are satellite craters associated with the primary crater of the same name. The list is not comprehensive because there are hundreds or thousands of small craters with ray systems that are not named. A few unnamed craters photographed during the Apollo program are included.

Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter
Abbe H 58.2° S177.9° E25 km
Abulfeda E 16.7° S10.2° E6 km
Abulfeda Q 12.8° S12.3° E3 km
Anaxagoras 73.4° N10.1° W50 km
Aristarchus 23.7° N47.4° W40 km
Aristillus 33.9° N1.2° E55 km
Autolycus 30.7° N1.5° E39 km
Bandfield 5.40° S90.77° E1.0 km
Byrgius A 24.5° S63.7° W19 km
Censorinus 0.4° S32.7° E3.8 km
Chaplygin B (Chappy)4.08° S151.69° E1.5 km
Cleostratus J 61.3° N83.8° W20 km
Copernicus 9.7° N20.1° W93 km
Crookes 10.3° S164.5° W49 km
Das 26.6° S136.8° W38 km
Dionysius 2.8° N17.3° E18 km
Encke X 0.9° N40.3° E3 km
Fechner T 59.1° S122.9° E14 km
Galilaei D 8.75° N62.75° W0.9 km
Giordano Bruno 35.9° N102.8° E22 km
Glushko 8.4° N77.6° W43 km
Goddard A 17.07° N89.71° E11 km
Godin 1.8° N10.2° E34 km
Grigg E 13.51° N125.68° E1.40 km
Guthnick 47.7° S93.9° W36 km
Harpalus 52.6° N43.4° W39 km
Hawke 66.61° S128.65° E13.2 km
Herigonius K 12.83° S36.46° W3.07 km
Jackson 22.4° N163.1° W71 km
Janssen K 46.19° S42.31° E15 km
Kepler 8.1° N38.0° W31 km
King 5.0° N120.5° W76 km
Kirch E 36.5° N6.9° W3 km
Kirch G 37.4° N8.1° W3 km
Korolev Z 1.15° N159.48° W18 km
Langrenus 8.9° S61.1° E127 km
La Condamine S 57.3° N25.2° W4 km
La Pérouse A 9.3° S74.7° E4 km
Larmor Q 28.6° N176.2° E22 km
Lassell D 14.5° S10.5° W2 km
Laue G 27.8° N93.2° W36 km
Lichtenberg 31.8° N67.7° W20 km
Lichtenberg B 33.3° N61.5° W5 km
Linné 27.7° N11.8° E2.4 km
Mee Q 43.6° S33.9° W1 km
Messier (and Messier A)1.9° S47.6° E11 km
Moore F 20.2° N176.1° W25 km
Necho 5.0° S123.1° E30 km
Noggerath F 48.0° S46.9° W9 km
North Ray 8.82° S15.48° E0.95 km
Ohm 18.5° N113.5° W64 km
Petavius B 19.9° S57.1° E33 km
Petit 2.3° N63.5° E5 km
Pierazzo 3.3° N100.24° W9.29 km
Piton B 39.3° N0.1° W5 km
Poincaré X 53.8° S161.9° E19 km
Posidonius Y 30.03° N24.91° E2 km
Proclus 16.1° N46.8° E28 km
Reimarus H 49.3° S62.3° E10 km
Ryder 44.5° N143.2° E17 km
Shioli 13.33° S25.23° E0.27 km
Sirsalis F 13.5° S60.1° W13 km
South Ray 9.15° S15.38° E0.7 km
Stella 19.91° N29.76° E0.42 km
Stevinus A 31.8° S51.6° E8 km
Taruntius 5.6° N46.5° E56 km
Thales 61.8° N50.3° E31 km
Timocharis 26.7° N13.1° W33 km
Triesnecker 4.2° N3.6° E26 km
Tycho 43.4° S11.1° W102 km
Unnamed (within Balmer)18.93° S69.15° E1 km
Unnamed (within Daguerre)11.80° S33.14° E2 km
Unnamed (rim of Gibbs)17.48° S85.20° E5 km
Unnamed (west of Saenger)4.57° N101.14° E4 km
Vaughan 41.41° S171.85° W3 km
Ventris M 4.9° S158.0° E95 km
Wargo 27.68° N148.62° W13.9 km
Werner D 21.7° S3.2° E2 km
Zhinyu 45.34° S176.15° E3.8 km

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kuiper (Mercurian crater)</span> Crater on Mercury

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Proctor (Martian crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Escalante (Martian crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puńsk (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zumba (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dilly (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Balanchine (crater)</span> Crater on Mercury

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gasa (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sinton (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baltisk (crater)</span> Crater on Mars

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