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than the surrounding terrain, but there is a band of darker material cross the midpoint of the crater from west to east. It is surrounded by
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This feature is circular and cup-shaped, with no notable impacts overlaying the rim or interior. The interior has a generally higher
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Less than forty kilometres to the southeast is the original point of the
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probes landed about 50 km to the southwest of Bruce.
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Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
1°06′N 0°24′E / 1.1°N 0.4°E / 1.1; 0.4
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Catherine W. Bruce

Lunar Orbiter 3

Blagg
Apollo 10
lunar
impact crater
Sinus Medii
Rhaeticus
Blagg
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
albedo
lunar mare
selenographic coordinate
Earth
zenith
Surveyor 4
Surveyor 6
"Bruce"
USGS
Whitaker, E. A.

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