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Le Monnier (crater)

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The interior of this formation is relatively flat and smooth, with no significant craterlets to mark the surface. The outer rim is battered, worn, and notched with past impacts. Only slight
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Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU".
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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 Le Monnier.
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Le Monnier crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's
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Selenochromatic Image (Si) of crater area (crater to the bottom right)
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space probe is located near the southern rim of Le Monnier.
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with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1
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Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
26°36′N 30°36′E / 26.6°N 30.6°E / 26.6; 30.6
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Pierre Charles Le Monnier

lunar
impact crater
lava
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
Mare Serenitatis
Chacornac
wrinkle ridges
Luna 21
Lunokhod 2

Bayfordbury Observatory

Apollo 17
Landing site of Luna 21
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Luna 21

Lunokhod 2
IAU
Very (lunar crater)

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