Carrel (crater)

Carrel (crater)

Coordinates 10°42′N 26°42′E / 10.7°N 26.7°E / 10.7; 26.7Coordinates: 10°42′N 26°42′E / 10.7°N 26.7°E / 10.7; 26.7
Diameter 16 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 333° at sunrise
Eponym Alexis Carrel
Oblique view of Carrel from Apollo 15 panoramic camera. This shows numerous bright avalanche deposits, and that the floor is a jumble of slump blocks.
Highly oblique view from Apollo 10, facing northwest.

Carrel is a small lunar crater on the Mare Tranquillitatis. It has a somewhat distorted appearance, having a slight protruding bulge in the northwest rim. The interior is somewhat irregular, with ridges and some slumped material. This crater lies across a ridge in the surface of the mare.

This crater was previously designated as Jansen B before being given its current name by the IAU in 1979 in honour of the scientific contributions of the Nobel-winning French scientist Alexis Carrel. The lava-flooded crater Jansen lies to the northeast.

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