Schaeberle (lunar crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Schaeberle from Apollo 15. "NASA photo".
latitude=26.2
N_or_S=S
longitude=117.2
E_or_W=E
diameter=62 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=240
eponym=John M. Schaeberle

Schaeberle is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the much larger Milne walled plain. Due north of Schaeberle is the relatively fresh Izsak crater, and an equal distance to the east-northeast lies Zhiritskiy crater.

This crater has a worn and eroded outer rim. There is a small crater attached to the outer rim along the northwest, and an irregular section at the southern end. What marks this crater as relatively unusual for a far side formation, however, is the interior floor. It has the relatively lower albedo that is characteristic of resurfacing by flows of basaltic-lava, although it is not nearly as dark as the Tsiolkovskiy crater. The floor 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 Schaeberle crater.

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