Le Verrier is a small lunar

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 impact crater

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 northern 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...

. To the west is the slightly larger crater Helicon

Helicon (crater)

Helicon is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the north part of the Mare Imbrium. To the northwest is the prominent Sinus Iridum, a mountain-ringed bay on the mare. Just to the east is the slightly smaller crater Le Verrier. Helicon is a nearly circular formation with inner walls that...

, and farther to the west-northwest lies the mountain-ringed bay Sinus Iridum

Sinus Iridum

Sinus Iridum is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium. It is surrounded from the northeast to the southwest by the Montes Jura range. The protruding part of the range at the southwest end is named Promontorium Heraclides, while that at the northeast end...

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Le Verrier, sometimes written Leverrier, is a bowl-shaped feature with a nearly circular rim. The inner walls display the appearance of slumping along the upper edges. The inner wall and floor to the southeast appears more irregular than elsewhere.

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 Le Verrier.

Le Verrier	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	38.1° N	17.3° W	4 km
B	40.1° N	12.9° W	5 km
D	39.7° N	12.3° W	9 km
E	42.4° N	16.9° W	7 km
S	38.9° N	20.6° W	3 km
T	39.8° N	20.7° W	4 km
U	37.2° N	13.1° W	4 km
V	37.8° N	14.2° W	3 km
W	39.4° N	13.9° W	3 km
X	41.6° N	12.1° W	3 km