Schuster (crater)
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Crater characteristics | |
Coordinates | 4.2° N, 146.5° E |
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Diameter | 108 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 215° at sunrise |
Eponym | Arthur Schuster |
Schuster is a lunar impact crater that lies along the eastern rim of the much larger Mendeleev walled plain, on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. To the east of Schuster is Henderson crater, and to the southeast lies the large Chaplygin crater.
This is a worn and eroded crater formation, with the most intact portion of the rim along the western half where it overlaps Mendeleev. There is a tight cluster of small craterlets along the northern inner wall and floor where the crater rim joins the rim of Mendeleev. The satellite craters 'Schuster N' and 'Schuster R' overlay the southwestern rim edge. At the mid-point of the crater interior is a central peak. The eastern half of the floor is pock-marked by small and tiny craterlets.
[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 Schuster crater.
Schuster | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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J | 1.8° N | 149.6° E | 14 km |
K | 1.3° N | 147.7° E | 17 km |
N | 3.4° N | 145.8° E | 27 km |
P | 1.9° N | 144.4° E | 16 km |
Q | 1.0° N | 143.4° E | 45 km |
R | 3.5° N | 144.8° E | 40 km |
Y | 6.7° N | 145.5° E | 17 km |
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