Kugler (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=53.8
N_or_S=S
longitude=103.7
E_or_W=E
diameter=65 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=254
eponym=Franz X. Kugler

Kugler is a lunar crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is located just past the southeast limb of the Moon's surface, in the proximity of the libration zone that is occasionally brought into sight. The crater lies in the mid-point between Anuchin crater to the north-northwest and Priestley crater to the south-southeast.

In the past the floor of this crater has been flooded by basaltic lava, leaving a dark (low albedo) surface that is level and nearly featureless. The surviving rim is low and heavily worn, with a number of old crater indentations along the edge. Attached to the western rim is the smaller 'Kugler U' crater, an old, worn formation. To the south is the double-crater formation 'Kugler N', which has also been flooded by lava.

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 Kugler crater.

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