Green (lunar crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Green crater from Apollo 16. "NASA photo".
latitude=4.1
N_or_S=N
longitude=132.9
E_or_W=E
diameter=65 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=228
eponym=George Green

Green is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It lies just to the west of the huge Mendeleev walled-plain, and is nearly joined with the west-northwestern edge of the Hartmann crater.

The crater has not been significantly eroded although a few tiny craterlets lie along the edge and inner wall. The perimeter is nearly circular, but has an outward bulge along the eastern side with some indications of a landslip. The inner sides display some structures, particularly to the northeast. At the mid-point of the relatively level interior floor is a central ridge. The floor is more level along the western half, with some low rises in the east. There are only a few tiny craterlets on the interior.

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 Green crater.

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