Denning (lunar crater)

Denning (lunar crater)

The lunar crater Denning is to the upper left. Note the bright patch at right center. NASA photo.
Coordinates	16°24′S 142°36′E / 16.4°S 142.6°E / -16.4; 142.6Coordinates: 16°24′S 142°36′E / 16.4°S 142.6°E / -16.4; 142.6
Diameter	44 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	218° at sunrise
Eponym	William F. Denning

Denning is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies about midway between the craters Levi-Civita to the south and Marconi to the north-northeast. About two crater diameters to the southeast is the huge walled plain Gagarin.

The rim of this worn crater is circular but somewhat irregular-edged. There is a low central rise at the mid-point consisting of at least two hills. Attached to the southwest outer rim is the larger satellite crater Denning R. About one crater diameter the southeast of Denning is a bright patch of high-albedo surface. This patch was most likely created by a small, relatively recent impact.

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 Denning.

Denning	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	15.2° S	143.5° E	32 km
C	14.5° S	145.3° E	17 km
D	16.1° S	144.1° E	14 km
L	18.8° S	143.2° E	21 km
R	17.2° S	141.2° E	72 km
U	16.0° S	138.6° E	30 km
V	15.5° S	139.7° E	26 km
Y	14.0° S	142.3° E	52 km
Z	12.9° S	142.5° E	14 km

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