Van Gent (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	15.4° N, 160.4° E
Diameter	43 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	200° at sunrise
Eponym	Hendrik van Gent

Van Gent is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon that is located to the south-southeast of the larger Konstantinov crater. About an equal distance to the east-southeast is the Spencer Jones crater and to the southeast is Papaleksi crater.

This crater is joined to the 'Van Gent X' satellite to the northwest to form a double-crater. Van Gent also partly overlays what appears to be an older crater remnant to the southeast. This in turn is joined to 'Van Gent N', which is joined to 'Van Gent P' along its southeast side. The result is a crater chain of sorts consisting of 5 craters forming an arc with the concave side facing to the west.

The rim of Van Gent is slightly distorted from a circle due to the craters with which it has formed. The rim edge is somewhat worn, and a small craterlet lies along the shared rim with 'Van Gent X'. The interior is relatively featureless, being marked only by a few 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 van Gent crater.

van Gent	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
D	16.3° N	161.7° E	35 km
N	13.5° N	160.0° E	32 km
P	12.6° N	159.4° E	47 km
T	15.5° N	157.2° E	16 km
U	17.0° N	157.1° E	20 km
X	16.4° N	159.7° E	38 km

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