Astronomy:Aloha (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Aloha

Diameter	3 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	54° at sunrise

Aloha is a tiny impact crater on the Moon, that lies to the northwest of the Montes Agricola ridge, on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is located near the faint terminus of a ray that crosses the mare from the southeast, originating at the crater Glushko.

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