Wilsing (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	21.5° S, 155.2° W
Diameter	73 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	155° at sunrise
Eponym	Johannes Wilsing

Wilsing is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies due north of Plummer crater, and further to the north of the huge Apollo impact basin. Wilsing is located just inside the rim of the immense South Pole-Aitken basin.

This is a heavily-worn formation with the smaller satellite crater 'Wilsing Z' laying prominently across the northern half of the interior floor. The rim of Wilsing bulges outward along the northeastern face, and there are a few small craterlets along the rim to the west and south. The interior floor is somewhat uneven, with the most level portion being in the south-southwest.

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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 Wilsing crater.

Wilsing	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	19.0° S	153.0° W	33 km
D	20.0° S	152.6° W	15 km
R	22.5° S	157.5° W	24 km
T	21.3° S	159.9° W	19 km
U	20.6° S	158.9° W	26 km
V	20.5° S	158.2° W	51 km
W	18.5° S	159.8° W	36 km
X	17.4° S	157.4° W	23 km
Z	20.9° S	155.2° W	30 km

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