Delisle (crater)
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Delisle is a small lunar
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 crater
Impact crater
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 in the western 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 lies to the north of the crater Diophantus
Diophantus (crater)
Diophantus is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southwestern part of the Mare Imbrium. It forms a pair with the larger crater Delisle to the north. Diophantus has a wide inner wall and a low central rise. To the north of Diophantus is the sinuous rille designated Rima Diophantus, named after...

, and just to the northwest of the ridge designated Mons Delisle. Between Delisle and Diophantus is a sinuous rille
Rille
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 named Rima Diophantus, with a diameter of 150 km. To the northeast is another rille designated Rima Delisle, named after this crater.

The rim of Delisle is somewhat polygon
Polygon
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al in form and it has a low central rise on the floor. There is some slight slumping along the inner wall, but overall the rim is still relatively fresh with little appearance of significant wear. The outer rim is surrounded by a small rampart of hummocky terrain.

This formation has also been designated "De l'Isle" in some sources.

Rima Delisle

This is a sinuous rille centered on selenographic coordinates 31.0° N, 32.0° W. It occupies a maximum diameter of 60 km. Three tiny craters in the vicinity of this feature have been assigned names by the IAU
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. These are listed in the table below.
Crater Longitude Latitude Diameter Name source
Boris
Boris (crater)
Boris is a tiny lunar crater that is located on the Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the crater Delisle. It lies at the southwest extremity of a sinuous rille that is designated Rima Delisle. This rille meanders to the northeast, towards the crater Heis, before vanishing into the lunar mare.This...

30.6° N 33.5° W 4 km Russian
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 masculine name
Gaston 30.9° N 34.0° W 2 km French
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 masculine name
Linda 30.7° N 33.4° W 1 km Spanish
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feminine name

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 Delisle.
Delisle Latitude Longitude Diameter
K 29.0° N 38.4° W 3 km
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