Carnot (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	52.3° N, 143.5° W
Diameter	126 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	146° at sunrise
Eponym	Nicolas L. S. Carnot

Carnot is a large crater in the northern part of the Moon's far side. It intrudes into the southern rim of the huge Birkhoff walled plain. To the west-southwest of Carnot is the Paraskevopoulos crater.

The outer rim of this crater has a somewhat hexagonal form, particularly in the southern half. The northern rim has an irregular inner wall, while the southern face is terraced and has a sharper outer edge. There is some slumping along the rim edge to the southeast, producing outward bulges in the perimeter. The western inner wall is partly overlaid by three small, cup-shaped craters.

Within the rim, the crater floor is flat and level, at least in comparison to the rugged terrain around the exterior. Just to the southeast of the crater mid-point is a central peak formation. The interior floor is marked by several small and numerous tiny craterlets. The most prominent of the craters on the floor is a small, shallow crater near the southern inner wall.

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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 Carnot crater.

Carnot	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
F	52.5° N	138.9° W	35 km

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