Nušl is an 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...

 that is located on the far side of the Moon

Moon

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. It lies just to the north of the crater Trumpler

Trumpler (lunar crater)

Trumpler is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon, named after Robert Julius Trumpler. It lies just to the south of the crater Nušl, and northwest of Freundlich. To the southwest is the heavily battered crater Tikhomirov....

, and to the west of Shayn

Shayn (crater)

Shayn is an eroded impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side. It lies to the north of the crater Freundlich and northeast of Trumpler. To the west of Shayn is the crater Nusl, and to the north-northeast lies Champollion....

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This crater has a slightly eroded rim, and still possesses some terrace or ledge structures along the inner wall. A small crater is attached to the exterior rim along the east-northeast. The interior floor is relatively level, with an elongated central ridge near the mid-point. Only one tiny craterlet on the south side of the central peak marks the interior.

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 Nušl.

Nušl	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
E	32.9° N	168.9° E	29 km
S	31.2° N	164.1° E	42 km
Y	34.3° N	166.9° E	51 km

External links

• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number V-079-H1