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| Coordinates | 5°36′N 46°30′E / 5.6°N 46.5°E |
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| Diameter | 56 km |
| Depth | 1.0 km |
| Colongitude | 314° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Lucius Tarutius Firmanus |
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Taruntius is a lunar impact crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. It was named after ancient Roman philosopher, mathematician and astrologer Lucius Tarutius Firmanus.[1][2] To the northwest is the lava-flooded crater Lawrence, and to the north lie the craters Watts and da Vinci.
- ^ "Taruntius (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Note: Tarutius without "n", see for instance
Donne, William Bodham (1870). "Firmanus, Tarutius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 151.
