Crüger (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	16.7° S, 66.8° W
Diameter	45 km
Depth	0.5 km
Colongitude	67° at sunrise
Eponym	Peter Crüger

Crüger is a lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Moon, to the northeast of the much larger Darwin walled-plain.

The most distinctive feature about this crater is very dark interior floor that is one of the lowest albedo features on the Moon. The surface has been covered in basaltic-lava and has only been exposed to a minimal amount of deposition from impact ejecta. The floor is nearly featureless, with only a tiny craterlet near the center and few other even more diminutive impacts. The outer rim is low and nearly circular, and has not been significantly reshaped by impacts.

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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 Crüger crater.

Crüger	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	16.0° S	62.7° W	27 km
B	17.2° S	71.6° W	13 km
C	16.8° S	61.9° W	12 km
D	15.3° S	64.5° W	12 km
E	17.5° S	65.2° W	16 km
F	14.2° S	64.4° W	9 km
G	17.9° S	68.0° W	8 km
H	18.0° S	65.2° W	7 km

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