Perkin (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=47.2
N_or_S=N
longitude=175.9
E_or_W=E
diameter=62 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=177
eponym=Richard S. Perkin

Perkin is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the Moon's far side. Just to the southeast is the somewhat smaller Guillaume crater, and to the west-southwest lies Dunér crater. To the northwest of Perkin is the large D'Alembert walled plain.

This is a worn and eroded crater formation with an outer rim that has been reshaped by several subsequent impacts. Laid along the inner wall to the east-northeast is a small crater. Small craterlets lie along the southern inner wall and the northwestern rim. Several smaller craterlets cut across the rim along the southwest and north.

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