- Le Monnier (crater)
lunar crater data
latitude=26.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=30.6
E_or_W=E
diameter=61 km
depth=2.4 km
colong=330
eponym=Pierre C. LemonnierLe Monnier is the remnant of a lunar crater that has been partly inundated by
lava flows. It is located on the east edge ofMare Serenitatis , and the west part of the rim is missing so that it now forms a large bay. To the north is the Chacornac crater.The interior of this formation is relatively flat and smooth, with no significant craterlets to mark the surface. The outer rim is battered, worn, and notched with past impacts. Only slight
wrinkle-ridge s now mark where the western rim once lay.The landing site of the
Luna 21 space probe is located near the southern rim of Le Monnier.Lunokhod 2 , a robotic roving vehicle deposited on the surface by Luna 21, covered a distance of 37kilometers across the crater floor. It also surveyed the southern edge of the crater rim.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 Le Monnier crater.
The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
* Le Monnier B — "See" Very crater.
* Le Monnier C — "See" Borel crater.References
External links
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto43a4_1/ LTO-43A4 Le Monnier] — L&PI
topographic map .
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