Tsander (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=6.2
N_or_S=N
longitude=149.3
E_or_W=W
diameter=181 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=151
eponym=Friedrich Zander

Tsander is a larger lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. Attached to the southeastern outer rim is the younger Kibal'chich crater. To the northwest lies Dirichlet crater, and to the northeast lies Artem'ev crater.

This is a heavily worn crater formation with an outer rim that has been rendered into an uneven, somewhat circular range due to impact erosion. There is a significant outward bulge along the rim edge to the south-southwest. A smaller crater lies across the rim to the west-northwest. The interior floor has low ridges and uneven areas most likely as the result of large deposits of "ejecta". There is a cluster of small craters near the mid-point of the interior, and the worn remains of a pair of older impacts in the north and west.

This crater is named after the Cyrillic rendering of Friedrich Zander, an early developer of rocket engines.

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 Tsander crater.

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