Menzel (crater)
Crater on the Moon
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Menzel is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the southeast of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after American astrophysicist Donald H. Menzel.[1] This feature is circular in outline and cup-shaped, with no overlapping impacts of significance. The mare around the crater is nearly devoid of features of interest, except for a nearly submerged crater rim to the northwest, and a few small rises to the north and east.
Lunar Orbiter 1 image | |
| Coordinates | 3.4°N 36.9°E |
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| Diameter | 3 km |
| Colongitude | 323° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Donald H. Menzel |
