Von der Pahlen (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
| Coordinates | 24.8° S, 132.7° W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 56 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 134° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Emanuel von der Pahlen |
Von der Pahlen is an eroded lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It is located about a crater diameter to the south-southwest of Strömgren crater. Further to the south is the larger Chebyshev crater, and to the west-southwest lies Das crater.
This crater has been heavily worn by subsequent impacts, leaving the rim and interior battered and cratered. There is a small crater attached to the exterior of the rim to the southeast, and the remains of a similar-sized crater along the southern edge. Small craterlets lie across the northwest, west, and southwestern rim edges. The remaining rim edge is rounded from impact erosion. A small craterlet lies almost at the crater mid-point.
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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 von der Pahlen crater.
| von der Pahlen |
Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | 24.5° S | 128.8° W | 32 km |
| H | 27.1° S | 127.5° W | 35 km |
| V | 23.8° S | 135.6° W | 19 km |
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