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Tannerus (crater)

Coordinates: 54°36′S 22°00′E / 54.6°S 22.0°E / -54.6; 22.0
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Tannerus
Coordinates54°36′S 22°00′E / 54.6°S 22.0°E / -54.6; 22.0
Diameter29 km
Depth1.8 km
Colongitude339° at sunrise
EponymAdam Tanner
The crater area on the extreme bottom of selenochromatic image (Si)
Another Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Tannerus is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. It lies within a couple of crater diameters of Asclepi to the northeast, and some distance due east of Jacobi.

The rim of this crater is very close to circular, with only a slight inward bulge along the north edge where it is joined to Tannerus P. The edge is sharp and well-defined, although there are tiny impacts along the rim in the west and south. The crater floor is level and free of markings or features of note.

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Tannerus.

Tannerus Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 57.5° S 18.2° E 5 km
B 57.5° S 19.7° E 14 km
C 55.3° S 22.7° E 16 km
D 55.8° S 18.0° E 32 km
E 56.1° S 19.6° E 26 km
F 55.0° S 22.1° E 36 km
G 55.1° S 16.2° E 22 km
H 54.2° S 22.7° E 20 km
J 57.2° S 24.6° E 12 km
K 55.5° S 20.7° E 8 km
L 57.5° S 22.3° E 7 km
M 54.9° S 20.9° E 6 km
N 55.9° S 24.1° E 10 km
P 55.6° S 21.9° E 20 km

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