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Spörer (crater)

Coordinates: 4°18′S 1°48′E / 4.3°S 1.8°E / -4.3; 1.8
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Spörer
Coordinates4°18′S 1°48′E / 4.3°S 1.8°E / -4.3; 1.8
Diameter26 km
Depth0.3 km
Colongitude2° at sunrise
EponymGustav Spörer

Spörer is a lunar impact crater that lies just to the north of the crater Herschel, and southeast of the lava-flooded Flammarion. To the southeast is Gyldén, and to the northeast is Réaumur.

Its diameter is 26 km. The crater is named after German astronomer Gustav Spörer.[1]

The floor of this crater has been flooded with basaltic lava, leaving only a shallow rim above the surface. The narrow rim is roughly circular but irregular and broken in several locations. The rim has a slight outward bulge to the northwest. The interior of the crater is level and featureless.

Oblique view from Apollo 16

Satellite craters

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Sporer 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 Spörer.

Spörer Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 3.4° S 2.1° W 5 km

References

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  1. ^ "Spörer". Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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