Büsching (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	38.0° S, 20.0° E
Diameter	52 km
Depth	1.7 km
Colongitude	343° at sunrise
Eponym	Anton F. Büsching

Büsching is a lunar impact crater that is located in the crater-covered southern highlands of the Moon. The similar-sized Buch crater is located adjacent to its southwestern rim, and further to the southwest lies Maurolycus crater.

This crater has been eroded by a long history of subsequent impacts, so that the rim has been worn down and the edge rounded. Several small craterlets lie along the edge of the rim, and there is a tiny crater on the interior floor near the east-southeastern rim. The interior floor is somewhat irregular and lacks a central peak at the mid-point.

[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 Büsching crater.

Büsching	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	38.3° S	20.4° E	6 km
B	39.0° S	22.8° E	17 km
C	37.2° S	19.6° E	7 km
D	38.6° S	22.0° E	33 km
E	36.6° S	18.4° E	15 km
F	39.0° S	21.0° E	6 km
G	39.5° S	21.6° E	8 km
H	37.4° S	21.1° E	5 km
J	39.5° S	22.2° E	7 km
K	37.9° S	18.7° E	5 km