Russell lunar crater

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Russell is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf impact crater on the Moon
lunar crater
lunar impact crater
adjacentTo Briggs (lunar crater)
Eddington crater
surface form: Eddington (lunar crater)

Struve (lunar crater)
catalogCode IAU-approved lunar feature
colongitude 76
condition heavily eroded
diameter 103 km
eponym Henry Norris Russell
featureType crater
floorCharacteristic marked by smaller craters
relatively level
hasCentralPeak no prominent central peak
hasSatelliteCrater Russell A
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surface form: Russell B

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isPartOf lunar near side limb region
locatedIn western lunar hemisphere
locatedNear western limb of the Moon
locatedOn Moon
namedAfter Henry Norris Russell
observationalBestTime when libration favors western limb
observationalVisibility foreshortened from Earth
overlies lava-flooded terrain
rimCondition worn and eroded
rimShape irregular
selenographicLatitude -18.9
selenographicLongitude -75.9
surface lava-flooded interior

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Henry Norris Russell hasHonorificName Russell lunar crater