Maestlin (crater)
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Maestlin is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater located near the eastern edge of the lunar Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after German mathematician Michael Maestlin.[1] To the east lies the crater Encke and to the northeast is Kepler. Just to the southeast of Maestlin is the curved, ridge-like remains of Maestlin R, a walled plain that has been almost completed submerged by the mare. South of this feature is a system of linear rilles named Rimae Maestlin. The mare surface around Maestlin is dusted with ray material from Kepler.
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Coordinates | 4.9°N 40.6°W / 4.9; -40.6 |
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Diameter | 7 km |
Depth | 1.6 km |
Colongitude | 41° at sunrise |
Eponym | Michael Maestlin |
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