Steinheil (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=48.6
N_or_S=S
longitude=46.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=67 km
depth=3.0 km
colong=315
eponym=Carl August von Steinheil

Steinheil is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged highlands in the southeastern part of the Moon. It forms a prominent crater pair with the similar-sized Watt crater, which it partly overlays to the southeast. To the northwest is the large Janssen walled-plain. Due to the location of this crater, it appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. [cite book
first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlink=Antonín Rükl
year=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Kalmbach Books
id=ISBN 0-913135-17-8 ] It is from the Nectarian period, 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago."Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition". CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.]

This is a relatively circular crater that has undergone some light erosion from subsequent impacts. The inner wall is wider along the southwestern rim than elsewhere, and there is a slight outward bulge in the western rim. There are a few tiny craterlets along the rim and inner wall, the most notable being a crater at the base of the inner northeast rim. The interior floor is level, with no central peak and only a few minor craterlets.

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 Steinheil crater. [cite book
author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.,
year=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York
id=ISBN 0-521-81528-2 ]

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