Lansberg (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	0.3° S, 26.6° W
Diameter	39 km
Depth	3.1 km
Colongitude	26° at sunrise
Eponym	Philippe van Lansberge

Lansberg is a lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from the Copernicus crater to Reinhold crater, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.

The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has frequently been written "Landsberg" instead.

To the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5 probe.

[edit] Satellite craters

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

Lansberg	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	0.2° N	31.1° W	9 km
B	2.5° S	28.1° W	9 km
C	1.5° S	29.2° W	17 km
D	3.0° S	30.6° W	11 km
E	1.8° S	30.3° W	6 km
F	2.2° S	30.7° W	9 km
G	0.6° S	29.4° W	10 km
L	3.5° S	26.4° W	5 km
N	1.9° S	26.4° W	4 km
P	2.3° S	23.0° W	2 km
X	1.2° N	27.8° W	3 km
Y	0.7° N	28.2° W	4 km