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Rumford (crater)

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in shape, with an outward protrusion along the eastern edge. The inner walls have slumped along the eastern half to produce a shelf along the sides. The interior floor has a lower
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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 Rumford.
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This crater lies across the eastern rim of the larger satellite crater Rumford T. The perimeter is somewhat rounded and
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Lunar Orbiter 5
Coordinates
28°48′S 169°48′W / 28.8°S 169.8°W / -28.8; -169.8
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Count Rumford
lunar
impact crater
far side
Moon
Oppenheimer
Orlov
polygonal
albedo
terrain
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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