Fowler (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	42.3° N, 145.0° W
Diameter	146 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	212° at sunrise
Eponym	Alfred Fowler Ralph H. Fowler

Fowler is a large lunar crater that lies in the northern hemisphere on the Moon's far side. It lies to the south-southwest of Esnault-Pelterie crater, and north of Gadomski crater. Overlaying the eastern rim and intruding into the interior is the Von Zeipel crater.

The outer rim of this crater has become worn and rounded by impact erosion until it has become little more than an irregular slope down to the interior depression. A number of small craters lie along the rim and the inner wall. An impact along the northeast rim, just north of Von Zeipel, has a relatively high albedo and is surrounded by a skirt of bright material. This is indicative of a relatively recent impact that has not had time to darken due to space weathering.

The eastern part of the interior floor is partly overlaid by the outer rampart and ejecta from the Von Zeipel crater. The southern floor is marked by an arc of small impacts. The northern floor is more level and is marked only by a few small craterlets.

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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 Fowler crater.

Fowler	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	46.3° N	145.0° W	52 km
C	45.0° N	141.9° W	32 km
N	40.1° N	146.1° W	39 km
R	42.2° N	150.1° W	18 km
W	46.0° N	150.2° W	31 km

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