Chevallier (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Chevallier as seen by the Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft. NASA photo.
Coordinates	44.9° N, 51.2° E
Diameter	52 km
Depth	1.2 km
Colongitude	309° at sunrise
Eponym	Temple Chevallier

Chevallier is a lunar crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, about a crater diameter east-southeast of the prominent Atlas crater. To the south-southeast of Chevallier is the flooded Shuckburgh crater.

This formation is little more than a disintegrated crater rim protruding upward slightly from a lava-flooded surface. All that survives of this feature is a few arcing sections of low ridges in the surface. The most prominent section of rim is along the northeast where it has merged with a smaller double-crater formation which has also been flooded. The interior floor has been resurfaced by the flows of lava, which are joined to the nearby flooded terrain. In the eastern half of the floor is 'Chevallier B', a small, partly flooded crater.

Just to the west of the rim of Chevallier is 'Atlas A', a sharp-rimmed, bowl-shaped crater.

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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 Chevallier crater.

Chevallier	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	45.2° N	51.9° E	13 km
F	46.1° N	56.5° E	9 km
K	43.5° N	50.9° E	6 km
M	46.0° N	51.2° E	16 km

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