Delporte (crater)

Delporte

Crater Delporte as seen by the mapping camera of Apollo 15
Coordinates	16°00′S 121°36′E / 16.0°S 121.6°E / -16.0; 121.6Coordinates: 16°00′S 121°36′E / 16.0°S 121.6°E / -16.0; 121.6
Diameter	45 km
Depth	unknown
Colongitude	240° at sunrise
Eponym	Eugène Delporte

Delporte is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It overlies part of the northwestern rim of the huge walled plain Fermi, and the crater Litke is nearly attached to the southeastern rim. The crater is named after Eugène Joseph Delporte.

The rim of this crater is only marginally worn, although it is not quite circular and the edge is somewhat uneven. There is a shelf running along the northern inner wall. At the midpoint is a central ridge that extends to the northward.