Crozier (crater)
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Crater characteristics | |
Coordinates | 13.5° S, 50.8° E |
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Diameter | 22 km |
Depth | 1.3 km |
Colongitude | 310° at sunrise |
Eponym | Francis R. M. Crozier |
Crozier is a lunar crater that is located along the southwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east-northeast of the prominent Colombo crater, and southeast of the small Bellot crater.
The narrow rim of this crater forms a distorted enclosure that has outward bulges along the northwest, southwest, and southeastern sides. The interior floor has been resurfaced and nearly filled by basaltic-lava, producing a level surface with a low albedo that matches the dark hue of the nearby lunar mare. Nearly adjacent to the outer rim are the similar flooded craters 'Crozier D' to the east and 'Crozier M' to the southeast.
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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 Crozier crater.
Crozier | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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B | 12.5° S | 52.4° E | 8 km |
D | 13.4° S | 51.7° E | 21 km |
E | 12.7° S | 52.0° E | 6 km |
F | 12.8° S | 51.0° E | 5 km |
G | 12.1° S | 50.1° E | 4 km |
H | 14.0° S | 49.4° E | 11 km |
L | 10.0° S | 51.4° E | 6 km |
M | 8.9° S | 53.4° E | 6 km |
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