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| Coordinates | 16°06′N 46°48′E / 16.1°N 46.8°E |
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| Diameter | 27 km |
| Depth | 2.4 km |
| Colongitude | 314° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Proclus |
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Proclus is a young lunar impact crater located to the west of the Mare Crisium, on the east shore of the Palus Somni. Its diameter is 27 km. It was named after 5th century Greek mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Proclus.[1]
It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes.
- ^ "Proclus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.