Rankine (crater)

Rankine (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=3.9
N_or_S=S
longitude=71.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=8 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=291
eponym=William J. M. Rankine

Rankine is a small lunar impact crater near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies on the southern floor of the satellite crater 'Maclaurin B', a 43 kilometer-diameter feature which is located to the southeast of Maclaurin crater. To the east of Rankine is Gilbert crater, and directly to the south is von Behring crater.

This is an insignificant, bowl-shaped formation with a negligible interior floor. The crater is circular and symmetrical, and the sloping interior walls are nearly featureless (although they have a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding terrain.) It is otherwise indistinguishable from many other comparably-sized craters on the Moon.

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