Euler (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Oblique view of Euler crater from Apollo 17. "NASA photo".
latitude=23.3
N_or_S=N
longitude=29.2
E_or_W=W
diameter=28 km
depth=2.2 km
colong=28
eponym=Leonhard Euler

Euler is a lunar impact crater located in the southern half of the Mare Imbrium. The most notable nearby feature is Mons Vinogradov to the west-southwest. There is a cluster of low ridges to the southwest, and this formation includes the small Natasha crater and the tiny Jehan crater. About 200 kilometers to the east-northeast is the comparably-sized Lambert crater.

The Euler crater rim is surrounded by a low , and contain some slight and slumped features on the irregular inner wall surface. In the middle of the small interior floor is a low central peak that formed from the rebound subsequent to the impact. The crater has a minor system of rays that extend for a distance of 200 kilometers.

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 Euler crater.

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

* Euler K — "See" Jehan crater.
* Euler P — "See" Natasha crater.

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