Wood (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=43.0
N_or_S=N
longitude=120.8
E_or_W=W
diameter=78 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=122
eponym=Robert W. Wood

Wood is a lunar impact crater that lies entirely within the interior of the much larger Landau walled plain, on the far side of Moon. Wood crater is situated along the northwestern part of the floor of Landau, and shares a common northwestern rim with the larger impact. The inner wall of the northwest rim extends inward about halfway toward the crater mid-point, where there is a central peak. The rim of Wood is somewhat worn and uneven, with a small crater laid across the southwest section. The surviving interior floor is nearly level and is marked only by a few tiny 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 Wood crater.

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