Murchison crater (Moon)
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Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
ⓘ
walled plain ⓘ |
| catalogCode | IAU-approved lunar feature ⓘ |
| colongitude | 356 ⓘ |
| diameter | 58 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Roderick Impey Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureType | crater ⓘ |
| hasAgeCharacteristic | ancient ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
heavily eroded walls
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partially flooded floor ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
broken walls
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irregular rim ⓘ lava-flooded interior ⓘ |
| hasRimState | worn and rounded ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Murchison A
NERFINISHED
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Murchison B NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison C NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison D NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison E NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison F NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison G NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison H NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison K NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison L NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison N NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison P NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison R NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison S NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison T NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison U NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison V NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison W NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison X NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorFilledBy | mare basalt ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chladni crater (Moon)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flammarion crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparchus crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Insularum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Vaporum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pallas crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinus Medii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOfMoon | near side ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Roderick Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Apollo mission photographs
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Lunar Orbiter images ⓘ |
| overlainBy | lava flows ⓘ |
| quadrangle | LQ11 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.