Doppler (crater)

Doppler (crater)

The lunar farside crater Doppler with Korolev at top, from Apollo 17. NASA photo.
Coordinates	12°36′S 159°36′W / 12.6°S 159.6°W / -12.6; -159.6Coordinates: 12°36′S 159°36′W / 12.6°S 159.6°W / -12.6; -159.6
Diameter	110 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	161° at sunrise
Eponym	Christian Doppler

Doppler is a lunar impact crater named for Christian Doppler that is located at the southern edge of the walled plain Korolev, on the far side of the Moon. To the east are the craters Das and Galois. Farther to the southwest of Doppler is Mohorovičić.

The rim of Doppler has a somewhat polygonal form, and a smaller crater is joined with the inner side of the northeast wall. The interior of Doppler is rough and irregular, with some terracing of the worn outer walls, and a complex of central hills to the north of the mid-point. The crater Doppler B lies within the northern rim, and occupies a portion of the northern floor. A small, crater-formed valley runs to the southeast across the floor of Doppler from the rim of Doppler B.

Satellite 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 Doppler.

Doppler	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	11.8° S	159.4° W	37 km
M	15.4° S	160.0° W	25 km
N	16.9° S	160.5° E	17 km
W	11.0° S	161.7° W	15 km
X	10.3° S	161.3° W	18 km

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