Holden (lunar crater)

Holden (lunar crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=19.1
N_or_S=N
longitude=62.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=47 km
depth=4.0 km
colong=298
eponym=Edward S. Holden

Holden is a lunar crater attached to the southeast rim of the much larger crater Vendelinus. The crater rim is impacted by a craterlet on the north-northwest, and it possesses a along the northeast interior wall. The floor of the crater is flat with no central peak. There is a small crater on the floor just to the south of the mid-point.

atellite 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 Holden.

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