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Seeliger (crater)

Coordinates: 2°12′S 3°00′E / 2.2°S 3.0°E / -2.2; 3.0
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Seeliger
Coordinates2°12′S 3°00′E / 2.2°S 3.0°E / -2.2; 3.0
Diameter9 km
Depth1.8 km
Colongitude357° at sunrise
EponymHugo von Seeliger
Oblique view facing west from Apollo 10

Seeliger is a relatively small lunar impact crater that lies near the southeastern edge of Sinus Medii. It was named after the German astronomer Hugo von Seeliger.[1] This is a circular, cup-shaped feature that has not been appreciably worn by impact erosion. To the southeast is a rille named the Rima Réaumur, following a line to the northwest. In the north is the 110-km-long Rima Oppolzer, which divides the mare where Seeliger is situated from the remainder of the Sinus Medii.

Satellite craters

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Seeliger crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

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

Seeliger Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 1.8° S 3.0° E 4 km
S 2.1° S 2.1° E 4 km
T 2.2° S 4.4° E 4 km

References

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