Kekulé (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=16.4
N_or_S=N
longitude=138.1
E_or_W=W
diameter=94 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=139
eponym=F. A. Kekulé
von Stradonitz

Kekulé is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies just to the west-southwest of the larger Poynting crater, on the edge of the "ejecta" skirt surrounding the Hertzsprung impact basin to the southeast.

The outer rim of Kekulé displays some degradation due to impact erosion, but is for the most part intact. The rim is roughly circular, with the greatest wear along the northeast rim. There a small crater lies along the rim edge. The interior floor is relatively level with no central peak, but there are some irregularities in the surface in the northeast half and along the southern edge. There are a number of tiny craterlets pitting the interior, and a pair of small craterlets along the northern inner wall.

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 Kekulé crater.

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