Repsold (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	51.4° N, 78.5° W
Diameter	107 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	80° at sunrise
Eponym	Johann G. Repsold

Repsold is a lunar crater that is located at the western end of the Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare. It lies to the northeast of Galvani crater and southeast of the Volta walled plain. Due to its proximity to the northwestern limb of the Moon, this crater appears highly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth.

This crater has been heavily damaged by impacts and much of the rim has disintegrated, leaving a rugged region of small craters. The most intact section of the rim is in the southeastern part, which separates this formation from the adjacent mare. The satellite crater 'Repsold G' overlays the southwestern part of the crater.

The interior floor of Repsold contains a system of rilles named the Rimae Repsold. The most prominent of these rifts begins in the northeastern part of the floor and crosses to the southwest. The cleft then traverses 'Repsold G', dividing it into two, and contines west-southwest until it pentrates into the floor of Galvani crater. The entire rille system has a diameter of 166 kilometers.

Much of the floor of Repsold is level terrain formed by flows of basaltic-lava, which then cracked to form the rille system. However the floor is marked by several small craters and there are some areas containing low ridges, including a small range in the eastern floor.

[edit] Satellite craters

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 Repsold crater.

Repsold	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	51.8° N	77.0° W	9 km
B	53.2° N	75.8° W	38 km
C	48.9° N	73.6° W	133 km
G	50.5° N	70.6° W	44 km
H	51.7° N	81.6° W	12 km
N	49.0° N	78.2° W	14 km
R	49.8° N	72.2° W	13 km
S	47.8° N	75.2° W	9 km
T	47.7° N	79.9° W	13 km
V	50.8° N	75.4° W	7 km
W	52.6° N	79.8° W	10 km

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