Nishina (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	44.6° S, 170.4° W
Diameter	65 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	172° at sunrise
Eponym	Yoshio Nishina

Nishina is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of Maksutov crater, to the southeast of Finsen crater and the Leibnitz walled-plain.

The rim of this formation has been eroded, worn-down, and reshaped by a history of impacts, leaving an irregular, indented perimeter surrounding the crater floor. The interior of the formation has been resurfaced by basaltic lava, leaving a level, nearly featureless surface that contains no impacts of note. Whie the interior surface has a low albedo and appears dark, it has been coated by ray material which has produced lighter patches to the southwest and northeast.

[edit] Satellite craters

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 Nishina crater.