Bruce (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 1.1° N, 0.4° E |
| Diameter | 6.7 km |
| Depth | 1.3 km |
| Colongitude | 0° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Catherine W. Bruce |
Bruce is a small lunar impact crater located in the Sinus Medii. It lies to the west-northwest of the irregular Rhaeticus crater, and just to the west of the even smaller Blagg crater.
This feature is circular and cup-shaped, with no notable impacts overlaying the rim or interior. The interior has a generally higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, but there is a band of darker material cross the mid-point of the crater from west to east. It is surrounded by lunar mare, with a few tiny craterlets in the surface to the east.
Less than forty kilometers to the south-southeast is the original point of the selenographic coordinate system. From the floor of this crater the Earth always appears at the zenith. Both the Surveyor 4 and Surveyor 6 probes landed about 50 km to the west-southwest of Bruce crater.
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