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Maestlin (crater)

Coordinates: 4°54′N 40°36′W / 4.9°N 40.6°W / 4.9; -40.6
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Maestlin
Coordinates4°54′N 40°36′W / 4.9°N 40.6°W / 4.9; -40.6
Diameter7 km
Depth1.6 km
Colongitude41° at sunrise
EponymMichael Maestlin
The crater area in a Selenochromatic Image (Si)
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 3 image of some of the Rimae Maestlin
Lunar Orbiter 4 image with Maestlin crater in upper left corner and Rimae Maestlin to the southeast of it
Maestlin G crater, from Lunar Orbiter 3

Maestlin is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater located near the eastern edge of the lunar Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after German mathematician Michael Maestlin.[1] To the east lies the crater Encke and to the northeast is Kepler. Just to the southeast of Maestlin is the curved, ridge-like remains of Maestlin R, a walled plain that has been almost completed submerged by the mare. South of this feature is a system of linear rilles named Rimae Maestlin. The mare surface around Maestlin is dusted with ray material from Kepler.

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Maestlin.

Maestlin Latitude Longitude Diameter
G 2.0° N 42.1° W 4 km
H 4.7° N 43.5° W 7 km
R 3.5° N 41.5° W 61 km

References

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  1. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Maestlin". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved August 28, 2017.