Cabeus A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Cabeus

Named after Cabeo, Niccolo Cabeus - Italian astronomer (1586-1650).

Cabeus is a lunar crater that is located about 100 km from the south pole. Hence, not much detail can be seen of this crater, even from orbit. Through a telescope, this crater appears near the southern limb , to the west of the crater Malapert and to the south-southwest of Newton. (wikipedia entry)