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Schaeberle (lunar crater)

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Crater characteristics
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Schaeberle from Apollo 15. NASA photo.
Selenographic coordinates>Coordinates
Diameter 62 km
Crater depth>Depth Unknown
Selenographic colongitude>Colongitude   240° at sunrise
Eponym John M. Schaeberle
Schaeberle is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the much larger Milne walled plain. Due north of Schaeberle is the relatively fresh Izsak crater, and an equal distance to the east-northeast lies Zhiritskiy crater.

This crater has a worn and eroded outer rim. There is a small crater attached to the outer rim along the northwest, and an irregular section at the southern end. What marks this crater as relatively unusual for a far side formation, however, is the interior floor. It has the relatively lower albedo that is characteristic of resurfacing by flows of basaltic-lava, although it is not nearly as dark Tsiolkovskiy crater. The floor is marked only by a few tiny craterlets.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Schaeberle crater.

Schaeberle Latitude Longitude Diameter
S 26.4° S 114.3° E 15 km
U 25.5° S 113.9° E 24 km

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