Condon (crater)
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Diameter34.85 km
Colongitude300° at sunrise
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| Coordinates | 1°52′N 60°22′E / 1.87°N 60.36°E |
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| Diameter | 34.85 km |
| Depth | 0.72 km[1] |
| Colongitude | 300° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Edward U. Condon |
Condon is a lunar impact crater that lies on the eastern shore of the Sinus Successus, a bay along the northeast edge of Mare Fecunditatis. It was named after American physicist Edward U. Condon in 1976.[2] It lies midway between the larger crater Apollonius to the north and the smaller Webb to the south on the Mare Fecunditatis. Condon was previously designated Webb R.
This is a lava-flooded crater remnant with only low rim segments surviving to the east and west. There is a break in the rim to the south and a wider break to the northwest of the crater. The crater interior is nearly level, and mark only by a few low rises in the surface.
