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Goddard (crater)

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The rim of Goddard has nearly been destroyed along the southern edge, and the interior floor is connected to the surrounding mare through gaps in this section of the wall. The remainder of the rim is significantly eroded and worn, leaving only a ring of rugged ground surrounding the inner floor.
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floods, leaving the interior nearly flat and featureless. There is no central peak, and only a few tiny craterlets mark the surface. The most prominent of these is a matched pair of small craterlets in the south-southwest part of the floor.
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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 Goddard.
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when the orientation of the Moon brings it further into sight. The crater is located in the
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mapping camera image, with the small, bright Goddard A at top
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The floor of the crater has been resurfaced in the past by
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Index


Apollo 17
Coordinates
14°48′N 89°00′E / 14.8°N 89.0°E / 14.8; 89.0
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Robert H. Goddard

Lunar Orbiter 4
Ibn Yunus
lunar
impact crater
Moon
Earth
librations
Mare Marginis
Neper
Ibn Yunus
Al-Biruni
lava
rocket scientist
Robert H. Goddard
Goddard C crater
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.

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