Langevin (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=44.3
N_or_S=N
longitude=162.7
E_or_W=E
diameter=58 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=198
eponym=Paul Langevin

Langevin is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the east of the Campbell walled plain, and to the west of Chandler crater.

This is a heavily damaged crater that has been worn and battered by multiple overlapping impacts. Apart from the depression Langevin creates in the surface, it is scarcely distinguishable from the surrounding terrain. The outer rim and interior features have lost much of their original definition due to this wear. Multiple small craters lie along the rim, including a cluster along the southwest and a crater along the northeast rim. The interior is pock-marked by many small craterlets.

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 Langevin crater.

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