Meitner (lunar crater)
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Meitner is an impact crater
on the far side of the Moon
, behind the eastern limb. It lies to the northwest of the crater Kondratyuk
, and about a crater diameter to the west of Langemak
.
This crater has relatively well-defined features that have not been significantly eroded by subsequent impacts. The rim edge is roughly circular, with a slight outward bulge along the southern edge. The small satellite crater Meitner C lies across the rim and inner wall to the northeast. Sections of the inner wall display terrace features. The interior floor of Meitner is relatively level, with a small craterlet just to the southwest of the mid-point and another along the northwest inner wall.
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...
on the far side of the Moon
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, behind the eastern limb. It lies to the northwest of the crater Kondratyuk
Kondratyuk (crater)
Kondratyuk is a worn crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the west-northwest of the large walled plain Fermi, and to the northeast of the crater Hilbert. To the north-northwest is Meitner, and to the northeast lies Langemak....
, and about a crater diameter to the west of Langemak
Langemak (crater)
Langemak is a prominent impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located less than one crater diameter west-northwest of Danjon, and nearly due east of Meitner. To the southwest of Langemak is Kondratyuk. Langemak partly overlies the larger and older crater Langemak N...
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This crater has relatively well-defined features that have not been significantly eroded by subsequent impacts. The rim edge is roughly circular, with a slight outward bulge along the southern edge. The small satellite crater Meitner C lies across the rim and inner wall to the northeast. Sections of the inner wall display terrace features. The interior floor of Meitner is relatively level, with a small craterlet just to the southwest of the mid-point and another along the northwest inner wall.
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 Meitner.| Meitner | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 8.1° S | 113.5° E | 17 km |
| C | 9.7° S | 113.7° E | 19 km |
| H | 11.9° S | 116.0° E | 13 km |
| J | 12.1° S | 115.1° E | 15 km |
| R | 12.0° S | 109.4° E | 16 km |
