H. G. Wells (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	40.7° N, 122.8° E
Diameter	114 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	239° at sunrise
Eponym	H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, behind the northeastern limb. It lies to the south of the Millikan crater, and to the northeast of Cantor crater. Just to the southeast is the smaller Tesla crater.

This large formation is most notable for the extremely battered state of its outer rim. Little or nothing remains of the original rim, so completely has it been eroded and incised by smaller craters. As a result the crater floor is now surrounded by a ring of irregular peaks and worn crater valleys. This rugged surroundings intrudes only part way into the interior, while the remaining floor is relatively level and in some places gently rolling. The interior is marked only by a multitude of tiny craterlets.

[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 H. G. Wells crater.