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Kekulé (crater)

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The outer rim of Kekulé displays some degradation due to impact erosion, but is for the most part intact. The rim is roughly circular, with the greatest wear along the northeast rim. There a small crater lies along the rim edge. The interior floor is relatively level with no central peak, but there
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are some irregularities in the surface in the northeastern half and along the southern edge. There are a number of tiny craterlets pitting the interior, and a pair of small craterlets along the northern inner wall.
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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 Kekulé.
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Index


LRO
Coordinates
16°24′N 138°06′W / 16.4°N 138.1°W / 16.4; -138.1
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
F. A. Kekulé
von Stradonitz


Lunar Orbiter 5
lunar
impact crater
far side
Moon
Poynting
Hertzsprung
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
978-0-521-81528-4
Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
ISBN
978-0-936389-27-1
"Lunar Nomenclature"

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