Schwabe (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	65.1° N, 45.6° E
Diameter	25 km
Depth	1.7 km
Colongitude	315° at sunrise
Eponym	Heinrich Schwabe

Schwabe is a small lunar crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon. It ies to the southeast of the much larger Arnold crater, and east-northeast of Democritus crater.

The rim of this crater is cut through by a cleft along the northwest, and by a small, uneven along the southeastern rim. This last crater, designated 'Schwabe D', has a cleft in its western rim that runs to the west until it joins the lava-flooded terrain surrounding 'Schwabe G'. To the south of Schwabe is a cleft like-feature that runs from the rim of 'Schwabe D' a distance of nearly 100 km eastward.

The remaining rim of Schwabe crater is worn and uneven, with the most intact section along the east-southeast side. The interior floor has been resurfaced by basaltic-lava, possibly entering the crater through the aforementioned gaps in the rim. The surface is level and featureless, aith an albedo that matches the surrounding terrain.

[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 Schwabe crater.

Schwabe	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	67.8° N	46.9° E	29 km
D	64.5° N	44.6° E	17 km
E	64.0° N	43.4° E	19 km
F	66.4° N	50.0° E	20 km
G	65.5° N	42.2° E	15 km
K	67.5° N	48.8° E	9 km
U	66.5° N	57.1° E	17 km
W	69.6° N	52.2° E	9 km
X	68.3° N	56.6° E	8 km

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