Tempel (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
| Coordinates | 3.9° N, 11.9° E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 45 km |
| Depth | 1.3 km |
| Colongitude | 348° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Ernest W. L. Tempel |
Tempel is the remnant of a lunar crater whose outer rim has been eroded, indented, and reshaped by subsequent impacts and lava flows. It is attached to the eastern rim of the Agrippa crater, in an area that has been resurfaced by old lava flows. To the southwest is Godin crater, and to the east lies the small, bowl-shaped Whewell crater.
There is a gap in the northwest rim of Tempel that forms a protrusion that follows the rim of Agrippa crater. Smaller gaps exist in the southern rim, and the relatively flat interior surface of the crater is joined by these valley clefts to the lava-covered exterior. From here the flow can be followed eastward until it joins the Mare Tranquillitatis. Little of the original rim remains intact, and the formation is now a somewhat circular range of rounded, irregular ridges.
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