3D print Tycho crater on the Moon

One of the Moon's youngest big craters on one print: the terraced walls, the central peak and the rough debris around the rim, from elevation data measured by lunar orbiters.

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3D printed relief map of Tycho crater on the Moon, a deep crater with terraced walls and a central peak.
Rendered with Blender. The tile was exported from Mini Skyline. This is not an AI image.

Where it is 43.30°S 11.22°W The Moon · near side

Diameter
About 85 km (53 mi)
Depth
About 4,700 m (15,400 ft) from rim to floor
Central peak
2 km (6,600 ft) above the floor
Age
About 110 million years
Named for
Tycho Brahe (1546⁠-⁠1601)
Tycho crater model, low angle
26 mm of relief

135 by 130 km of the Moon, 160 mm across

About Tycho crater

Tycho is an impact crater about 85 km (53 mi) across in the southern highlands of the Moon's near side. Its floor lies about 4,700 m (15,400 ft) below the rim, and its central peak rises 2 km (6,600 ft) from the floor, with a 120 m (390 ft) boulder on the summit.

The impact happened about 110 million years ago, recent for the Moon. The central peak is rock that rebounded upward from deep below after the impact. Surveyor 7 landed on the crater's debris about 47 km (29 mi) north of the rim on January 10, 1968. The crater is named for the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

Sources: IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Tycho, LROC: Sunrise over Tycho's central peak, LROC: Tycho central peak, LROC: Surveyor 7

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