Sabine (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Sabine (center right) and Ritter (right). "NASA photo."
latitude=1.4
N_or_S=N
longitude=20.1
E_or_W=E
diameter=30 km
depth=1.3 km
colong=340
eponym=Edward Sabine

Sabine is a lunar crater that forms a nearly matching pair with Ritter to the northwest. The two rims are separated by a distance of only a couple of kilometers. To the west is the bowl-shaped crater Schmidt, and further to the north are Manners and Arago.

The outer rim of this crater is roughly circular and relatively featureless. The interior floor has a pair of small craterlets and a central rise. There is a ridge at the western edge of the floor that is concentric with the inner wall.

About 85 km to the east-southeast is "Statio Tranquillitatis", the landing site of the Apollo 11 mission and the first human beings to step on the Moon.

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 Sabine.

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