Shuckburgh (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=42.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=52.8
E_or_W=E
diameter=38 km
depth=1.3 km
colong=308
eponym=George Shuckburgh

Schuckburgh is a lunar crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies south-southeast of the flooded Chevallier crater and northwest of Hooke crater, roughly mid-way between these two formations. To the northeast is the Lacus Temporis plain.

The interior floor of this crater has been resurfaced with lava, leaving a level plain surrounded by the worn and rounded outer rim. This floor is nearly featureless, being marked only by a few tiny craterlets. The edge has an outward protrusion along the eastern side, with a forming a shelf along this side. There is a smaller outward protrusion in the north rim which connects it with the small 'Schuckburgh C' crater.

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 Shuckburgh crater.

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