Guericke is the remnant of a lunar

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Impact crater

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 at the north part of the Mare Nubium

Mare Nubium

Mare Nubium is a lunar mare in the Nubium basin on the Moon's near side. The mare is located just to the southeast of Oceanus Procellarum. The actual basin is believed to be of Pre-Nectarian system, with the surrounding basin material being of the Lower Imbrian epoch. The mare material is of the...

. To the north-northwest lies the large Fra Mauro formation

Fra Mauro (crater)

Fra Mauro is the worn remnant of a walled lunar plain. It is part of the surrounding Fra Mauro formation, being located to the northeast of Mare Cognitum and southeast of Mare Insularum...

, along with the co-joined craters Parry

Parry (crater)

Parry is a lunar crater that is attached to the southeast rim of the walled plain Fra Mauro. Attached to the west and southwest rim of Parry is the crater Bonpland. Due south of Parry is the small crater Tolansky, and farther to the south-southwest is Guericke....

 and Bonpland

Bonpland (crater)

Bonpland is the remains of a lunar crater that is attached to the walled plain Fra Mauro to the north and Parry to the east. The intersection of their rims forms a three-pointed mountainous rise. To the southeast is the small crater Tolansky...

. To the east are the craters Kundt

Kundt (crater)

Kundt is a small, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater in the northern section of the Mare Nubium. It has a raised rim and is not significantly worn due to impact erosion. This crater lies part way between Guericke to the west and Davy in the east....

 and Davy

Davy (crater)

Davy is a small lunar crater that is located on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium. It overlies the lava-flooded remains of the satellite crater Davy Y to the east, a formation which contains a crater chain designated Catena Davy. To the southeast of Davy is the prominent crater Alphonsus.The...

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The surviving rim of Guericke has been worn, battered, and partly submerged by the basalt

Basalt

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ic lava

Lava

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 that covers the floor. The wall is now little more than a circular series of ridges that join with rises that flow to the north, northwest, and south. The flooded crater remnant Guericke F is attached to the southwest exterior. The interior flood has a few small rises in the otherwise nearly flat surface. Two craterlets mark the floor in the southwest quadrant.

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 Guericke.

Guericke	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	11.1° S	17.3° W	5 km
B	14.5° S	15.3° W	16 km
D	12.0° S	14.6° W	8 km
E	10.0° S	12.0° W	4 km
F	12.2° S	15.3° W	21 km
G	14.0° S	15.0° W	5 km
H	12.4° S	14.2° W	6 km
J	10.6° S	13.4° W	8 km
K	15.1° S	13.3° W	3 km
M	12.9° S	12.5° W	2 km
N	12.5° S	9.9° W	3 km
P	15.0° S	14.6° W	3 km
S	10.3° S	13.3° W	11 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU

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• Guericke C — See Kundt
  Kundt (crater)
  Kundt is a small, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater in the northern section of the Mare Nubium. It has a raised rim and is not significantly worn due to impact erosion. This crater lies part way between Guericke to the west and Davy in the east....
  
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