Menzel (crater)
Lunar Orbiter 1 image
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| Coordinates | 3°24′N 36°54′E / 3.4°N 36.9°ECoordinates: 3°24′N 36°54′E / 3.4°N 36.9°E |
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| Diameter | 3 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 323° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Donald H. Menzel |
Menzel is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the southeast of the Mare Tranquillitatis. This feature is circular in outline and cup-shaped, with no overlapping impacts of significance. The mare around the crater is nearly devoid of features of interest, except for a nearly submerged crater rim to the northwest, and a few small rises to the north and east.
Nearby prominent craters are Zähringer to the east-northeast, Secchi further east, Lubbock further southeast, Maskelyne to the west-southwest, Wallach nearly to the west-northwest and Aryabhata to the north-northwest, the tiny Donna is to the north-northeast.
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