Meggers (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	24.3° N, 123.0° E
Diameter	52 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	237° at sunrise
Eponym	William F. Meggers

Meggers is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. Nearby craters of note include Olcott crater to the southwest, and the Innes and Seyfert crater farther away to the northwest. Eastward lies the Vernadskiy crater.

The rim of Meggers is roughly circular in form, with slight outward bulges to the southeast and northeast. The crater merges with a comparably-sized formation to the northwest, and the intervening rim is somewhat irregular in form. The interior floor of Meggers is slightly irregular.

To the west is the crater 'Meggers S', a formation almost as large as Meggers. It has a rough interior and a tiny crater lies across the southern rim.

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Meggers crater.