Hill (crater)
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| Coordinates | 20°54′N 40°48′E / 20.9°N 40.8°ECoordinates: 20°54′N 40°48′E / 20.9°N 40.8°E |
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| Diameter | 16 km |
| Depth | 3.3 km |
| Colongitude | 320° at sunrise |
| Eponym | George W. Hill |
Hill is a small lunar impact crater that is located to the west of the prominent crater Macrobius, near the eastern edge of the Sinus Amoris. This crater was previously designated Macrobius B before being given a name by the IAU. It lies just to the north-northeast of Carmichael, another renamed satellite crater of Macrobius.
This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with an inner wall that has a relatively high albedo compared to the surrounding terrain. The inner walls are symmetrical in form, and slope gently down to the small floor at the midpoint, a surface about one-fourth the diameter of the crater. This formation is not significantly eroded, and is otherwise indistinguishable from many similar craters on the Moon.
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