Fizeau (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	58.6° S, 133.9° W
Diameter	111 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	137° at sunrise
Eponym	Hippolyte Fizeau

Fizeau is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, in the southern hemisphere. Nearby craters of note include Minkowski to the west-northwest, and Eijkman to the southwest.

The inner wall of the crater rim is multiply terraced in the northern half, while the southern rim has a shear inner surface leading down to slumped deposits on the crater floor. There is a small but prominent crater lying across the southwest rim, with an inner surface that forms terraced steps covering most of the interior. There are also smaller craterlets on the rim to the northeast and west-southwest.

The interior of Fizeau crater is relatively flat beyond the terraces, with only a few low rises in the northwest section of the crater and a central peak near the mid-point. Only a few tiny craterlets are located on the floor.

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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 Fizeau crater.

Fizeau	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	56.1° S	128.5° W	22 km
F	58.2° S	124.5° W	19 km
G	59.2° S	124.5° W	54 km
Q	59.8° S	136.3° W	28 km
S	58.7° S	139.9° W	62 km

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