Astronomy:Deseilligny (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Deseilligny
Deseilligny crater AS15-M-0980.jpg
Apollo 15 image
Diameter6.6 km
Depth1.2 km
Colongitude340° at sunrise

Deseilligny is a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Serenitatis. It was named after French selenographer Jules Deseilligny.[1] It is located to the east-southeast of the crater Bessel. Deseilligny is a bowl-shaped crater with a low rim. It is otherwise undistinguished.

Apollo 17 image at low sun angle
Oblique Apollo 15 image

References

  1. "Deseilligny (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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