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This crater has undergone some erosion, and several small craters lie across the rim and inner wall. A pair of these lie next to each other along the eastern side, and another pair on the western rim. Across the southeast rim is a nearly merged crater pair. Parts of the rim remain well-defined,
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463:(6th revised ed.). Dover.
248:Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature
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524:Categories
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