Brayley (crater)
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Brayley is a lunar impact crater
located in the southwest part of the Mare Imbrium
. It has a circular rim and a low rise in the center. There are no notable craters overlapping the rim or interior.
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
located in the southwest part of the Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago...
. It has a circular rim and a low rise in the center. There are no notable craters overlapping the rim or interior.
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 Brayley.Brayley | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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B | 20.8° N | 34.3° W | 10 km |
C | 21.4° N | 39.4° W | 9 km |
D | 20.1° N | 32.8° W | 6 km |
E | 21.2° N | 39.7° W | 5 km |
F | 21.1° N | 34.0° W | 5 km |
G | 24.2° N | 36.5° W | 5 km |
K | 21.2° N | 41.7° W | 3 km |
L | 20.9° N | 42.6° W | 4 km |
S | 25.0° N | 36.7° W | 3 km |