Birt is a bowl-shaped formation with a raised rim, slightly intersected along the southeast edge by the much smaller crater Birt A. To the west of Birt, a rille named Rima Birt runs north-northwest in an arc from Birt F to Birt E.
Oblique view of Rupes Recta (left), Birt (center), and Rima Birt (right), from Apollo 16
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Birt.
Birt
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
A
22.5° S
8.2° W
7 km
B
22.2° S
10.2° W
5 km
C
23.7° S
8.3° W
2 km
D
21.0° S
9.8° W
3 km
E
20.7° S
9.6° W
5 km
F
22.3° S
9.1° W
3 km
G
23.1° S
8.2° W
2 km
H
23.0° S
9.1° W
2 km
J
23.0° S
9.4° W
2 km
K
22.4° S
9.7° W
2 km
L
21.6° S
9.3° W
3 km
References
^"Birt (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID122125855.
