Mills (crater)
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Mills is a small crater
that lies on the far side of the Moon
. It is located to the northeast of Henderson
and to the south of Kohlschütter
.
This is an undistinguished impact crater that is roughly circular in form, with a slight outward bulge to the northwest. This bulge may be due to the merger of a smaller impact with the rim. The rim edge is somewhat worn, with indistinct features and a few tiny craterlets along the edge. The interior floor has a ridge of material protruding inwards from the southern inner wall, but is otherwise marked only by a number of tiny craters.
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...
that lies on the far side of the Moon
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. It is located to the northeast of Henderson
Henderson (crater)
Henderson is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the east of the huge walled plain Mendeleev. This is a worn crater with a shallow rim. No significant craters overlie the rim or interior, but a smaller, worn crater is attached to the southern outer rim. A ridge of material runs...
and to the south of Kohlschütter
Kohlschütter (crater)
Kohlschütter is a lunar crater that cannot be viewed directly from the Earth as it lies on the Moon's far side. It is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, and due south of the smaller crater Nagaoka...
.
This is an undistinguished impact crater that is roughly circular in form, with a slight outward bulge to the northwest. This bulge may be due to the merger of a smaller impact with the rim. The rim edge is somewhat worn, with indistinct features and a few tiny craterlets along the edge. The interior floor has a ridge of material protruding inwards from the southern inner wall, but is otherwise marked only by a number of tiny craters.
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 Mills.Mills | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
B | 10.7° N | 156.9° E | 24 km |
C | 9.8° N | 157.3° E | 14 km |
K | 6.8° N | 157.0° E | 26 km |
R | 8.1° N | 154.8° E | 19 km |
W | 10.0° N | 154.2° E | 18 km |