Tolansky (crater)
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Tolansky is a small, circular lunar
impact crater
that is located due south of the crater Parry
on the Mare Cognitum
. The formation is symmetric, with a light-hued outer rim and a darker interior floor. A rille
belonging to the Rimae Parry almost connects with the north-northwestern rim of Tolansky.
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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...
that is located due south of the crater 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....
on the Mare Cognitum
Mare Cognitum
Mare Cognitum is a lunar mare located in a basin or large crater which sits in the second ring of the Procellarum basin. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the basaltic mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch...
. The formation is symmetric, with a light-hued outer rim and a darker interior floor. A rille
Rille
Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the lunar surface that resemble channels. Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length...
belonging to the Rimae Parry almost connects with the north-northwestern rim of Tolansky.