Struve (lunar crater)

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Struve is a large, worn lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, known for its eroded walls and overlapping neighboring craters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
walled plain
belongsTo lunar western limb region
category Impact craters on the Moon
colongitude 82
condition heavily worn
diameter ~170 km
eponym Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve NERFINISHED
floorAlbedo low
floorCoverage partly covered by basaltic lava flows
floorTexture smooth
formationProcess impact event
geologicContext border region between highlands and Oceanus Procellarum
hasFeature interior resurfaced by lava
irregular, broken rim
hasSatelliteCraters Struve A NERFINISHED
Struve B NERFINISHED
Struve C NERFINISHED
hasSmallerCratersOnRim yes
IATACode Struve NERFINISHED
liesOn western edge of Oceanus Procellarum
locatedNear Moon’s western limb
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
lunar near side
morphologicalState eroded walls
namedAfter Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve NERFINISHED
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED
neighboringFeature Eddington (lunar crater) NERFINISHED
Oceanus Procellarum NERFINISHED
Russell (lunar crater) NERFINISHED
observability subject to foreshortening from Earth
overlappedBy Eddington (lunar crater) NERFINISHED
Russell (lunar crater) NERFINISHED
overlaps Oceanus Procellarum margin NERFINISHED
quadrant northwestern near side
rimElevationRelativeToFloor low-relief
rimIntegrity heavily degraded
surfaceType mare-flooded walled plain
visibilityFromEarth better at favorable libration toward western limb

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Russell lunar crater adjacentTo Struve (lunar crater)
subject surface form: Russell (lunar crater)