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Nassau (crater)

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Nassau has a somewhat eroded crater rim, with small craters lying across the edge along the eastern, northwestern and southwestern sides. Along the southwestern inner wall, where the crater joins Van de Graaff, a ridge of material extends northward part way into the interior floor. The bottom of the
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Nassau.
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crater is nearly level, but is marked by several small craterlets. The most notable of these interior craters lies near the midpoint.
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269: 157:. It abuts against the northeastern rim of the figure-8-shaped crater 132: 82: 114: 258: 150: 356: 251: 533: 161:. To the southeast of Nassau lies the crater 286: 317:Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). 316: 28: 489: 337: 126: 472:Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes 534: 511: 420: 393: 270:"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature" 465: 439: 338:McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). 267: 176: 13: 14: 558: 296:The Clementine Atlas of the Moon 268:Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). 475:(6th revised ed.). Dover. 261:Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature 497:. Cambridge University Press. 425:. Cambridge University Press. 1: 244: 423:The Moon Observer's Handbook 237: 234: 231: 228: 223: 220: 217: 214: 209: 206: 203: 200: 7: 495:Mapping and Naming the Moon 10: 563: 547:Impact craters on the Moon 300:Cambridge University Press 512:Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). 195: 192: 189: 186: 113: 103: 91: 81: 42: 27: 421:Price, Fred W. (1988). 405:Sterling Publishing Co. 344:Jonathan's Space Report 135:with very low sun angle 136: 359:Space Science Reviews 165:, and to the east is 130: 340:"Lunar Nomenclature" 323:. Tudor Publishers. 371:1971SSRv...12..136M 62: /  24: 19:Feature on the moon 514:Observing the Moon 379:10.1007/BF00171763 252:Andersson, L. E.; 137: 22: 16:Crater on the Moon 523:978-1-85233-193-1 504:978-0-521-62248-6 491:Whitaker, Ewen A. 482:978-0-486-20917-3 458:978-0-913135-17-4 445:Atlas of the Moon 432:978-0-521-33500-3 413:978-0-304-35469-6 330:978-0-936389-27-1 309:978-0-521-81528-4 242: 241: 177:Satellite craters 125: 124: 554: 527: 508: 486: 467:Webb, Rev. T. W. 462: 436: 417: 390: 353: 351: 350: 334: 313: 283: 281: 280: 264: 184: 183: 77: 76: 74: 73: 72: 67: 63: 60: 59: 58: 55: 32: 25: 21: 562: 561: 557: 556: 555: 553: 552: 551: 542:LQ23 quadrangle 532: 531: 530: 524: 505: 483: 459: 433: 414: 348: 346: 331: 310: 278: 276: 263:. NASA RP-1097. 254:Whitaker, E. A. 247: 179: 120:Jason J. Nassau 109:177° at sunrise 70: 68: 64: 61: 56: 53: 51: 49: 48: 38: 35:Lunar Orbiter 2 20: 17: 12: 11: 5: 560: 550: 549: 544: 529: 528: 522: 509: 503: 487: 481: 463: 457: 449:Kalmbach Books 437: 431: 418: 412: 395:Moore, Patrick 391: 365:(2): 136–186. 354: 335: 329: 314: 308: 284: 265: 248: 246: 243: 240: 239: 236: 233: 230: 226: 225: 222: 219: 216: 212: 211: 208: 205: 202: 198: 197: 194: 191: 188: 178: 175: 123: 122: 117: 111: 110: 107: 101: 100: 95: 89: 88: 85: 79: 78: 66:24.9°S 177.4°E 46: 40: 39: 33: 18: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 559: 548: 545: 543: 540: 539: 537: 525: 519: 515: 510: 506: 500: 496: 492: 488: 484: 478: 474: 473: 468: 464: 460: 454: 450: 446: 442: 441:Rükl, Antonín 438: 434: 428: 424: 419: 415: 409: 406: 402: 401: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 360: 355: 345: 341: 336: 332: 326: 322: 321: 315: 311: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 275: 271: 266: 262: 260: 255: 250: 249: 227: 213: 199: 185: 182: 174: 170: 168: 164: 160: 159:Van de Graaff 156: 152: 148: 147:impact crater 145: 141: 134: 129: 121: 118: 116: 112: 108: 106: 102: 99: 96: 94: 90: 86: 84: 80: 75: 47: 45: 41: 36: 31: 26: 516:. Springer. 513: 494: 471: 444: 422: 399: 362: 358: 347:. Retrieved 319: 298:. New York: 295: 277:. Retrieved 257: 224:112 km 180: 171: 139: 138: 97: 71:-24.9; 177.4 400:On the Moon 238:38 km 210:62 km 163:Leeuwenhoek 105:Colongitude 69: / 44:Coordinates 536:Categories 349:2007-10-24 292:Spudis, P. 288:Bussey, B. 279:2007-08-05 245:References 193:Longitude 131:View from 387:122125855 235:176.8° E 221:179.2° W 207:179.2° W 196:Diameter 190:Latitude 133:Apollo 15 493:(1999). 469:(1962). 443:(1990). 397:(2001). 294:(2004). 256:(1982). 232:22.5° S 218:24.7° S 204:23.7° S 155:far side 83:Diameter 57:177°24′E 367:Bibcode 187:Nassau 149:on the 98:Unknown 54:24°54′S 520:  501:  479:  455:  429:  410:  385:  327:  306:  140:Nassau 115:Eponym 23:Nassau 383:S2CID 167:Orlov 144:lunar 142:is a 93:Depth 87:76 km 37:image 518:ISBN 499:ISBN 477:ISBN 453:ISBN 427:ISBN 408:ISBN 325:ISBN 304:ISBN 274:USGS 259:NASA 151:Moon 375:doi 153:'s 538:: 451:. 447:. 403:. 381:. 373:. 363:12 361:. 342:. 302:. 290:; 272:. 229:Y 215:F 201:D 169:. 526:. 507:. 485:. 461:. 435:. 416:. 389:. 377:: 369:: 352:. 333:. 312:. 282:.

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Lunar Orbiter 2
Coordinates
24°54′S 177°24′E / 24.9°S 177.4°E / -24.9; 177.4
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Jason J. Nassau

Apollo 15
lunar
impact crater
Moon
far side
Van de Graaff
Leeuwenhoek
Orlov
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
978-0-521-81528-4
Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
ISBN
978-0-936389-27-1

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