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Daedalus is a prominent crater located near the center of the far side of the Moon. The inner wall is terraced, and there is a cluster of central peaks on the relatively flat floor. Because of its location (shielded from radio emissions from the Earth), it has been proposed as the site of a future giant radio telescope, which would be scooped out of the crater itself, much like the Arecibo radio telescope, but on a vastly larger scale.
The crater is pictured in famous photographs taken by the Apollo 11 astronauts. In contemporary sources it was called "Crater 308" (this was a temporary IAU designation that preceded the establishment of far-side lunar nomenclature).
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the
letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Daedalus
crater.
| Daedalus
| Latitude
| Longitude
| Diameter
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| B
| 4.1° S
| 179.8° W
| 23 km
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| C
| 4.1° S
| 178.9° W
| 68 km
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| G
| 6.6° S
| 177.4° W
| 33 km
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| K
| 8.3° S
| 178.5° W
| 24 km
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| M
| 8.1° S
| 179.5° E
| 13 km
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| R
| 7.7° S
| 175.2° E
| 41 km
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| S
| 6.8° S
| 172.9° E
| 20 km
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| U
| 4.2° S
| 174.9° E
| 30 km
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| W
| 3.5° S
| 177.5° E
| 70 km
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