Minkowski (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	56.5° S, 146.0° W
Diameter	113 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	148° at sunrise
Eponym	Hermann Minkowski Rudolph L. B. Minkowski

Minkowski is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon, in the lower latitudes of the southern hemisphere. It lies about a crater diameter to the north-northeast of Lemaître crater, a formation of similar dimension. To the northwest of Minkowski is the flooded Baldet crater, and to the southeast lies Fizeau crater.

The outer rim of Minkowski is heavily eroded, and forms little more than an irregular circular ridge in the surface. Numerous craters lie across the rim, the most prominent being two pairs along the eastern edge. The interior floor is relatively level, with a dark patch in the northeast quadrant that is characteristic of a lava-flooded surface. There is a small bowl-shaped crater located prominently at the mid-point. 'Minkowski S' lies along the southwest edge of the floor. A number of tiny craterlets mark the interior surface, particularly in the southwest quadrant.

[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 Minkowski crater.

Minkowski	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
S	56.1° S	145.6° W	13 km

[edit] References

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