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Wexler (crater)

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Within a half crater diameter to the north and east is a wide, valley-like rift in the surface. The narrow end of this cut is located to the east of Wexler, and from there it follows a nearly straight, widening course to the northeast, before opening wide towards the northwest to the north of Wexler.
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can still be seen along sections of the inner wall. There is a small crater across the northwest rim, but otherwise the formation is not significantly marked by impacts. The interior floor is relatively flat and level, with a central peak near the midpoint. There is the
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The rim of this crater retains much of its original structure, although the features have become softened and worn in comparison to the younger Hale. The rim has a
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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 Wexler.
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to see most of the structure. It lies about a hundred kilometers northwards of the larger crater
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appearance along most of the perimeter, and traces of
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Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
69°06′S 90°12′E / 69.1°S 90.2°E / -69.1; 90.2
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Jake Wexler

Clementine
lunar
impact crater
Moon
Earth
orbit
Hale
Petrov
polygonal
terraces
ghostly remnant
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
978-0-521-81528-4

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