Recht (crater)
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 Apollo 16 mapping camera image | |
| Coordinates | 9°48′N 124°00′E / 9.8°N 124.0°E |
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| Diameter | 20 km |
| Depth | 2.5 km[1] |
| Colongitude | 236° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Albert W. Recht |
Recht is a small impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It was named after the American mathematician and astronomer Albert William Recht.[2] It lies across the eastern rim of the much larger crater Ostwald. To the northeast of Recht is Meshcherskiy.
This is a bowl-shaped formation with an interior floor that is less than half the diameter of the crater. The inner walls have a higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, while the interior floor is about the same shade of grey.
