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Zach (crater)

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159: 30: 170:, while parts of the outer wall are indented by lesser craters. There are adjacent craters attached to the northeast, southwest, and southern parts of the rim. There is also a pair of overlapping craters on the northwest rim. The bottom is relatively flat with a few craterlets and a double central peak offset to the north. 185:
By convention, features are identified on lunar maps by placing the respective letter to the side of the crater midpoint closest to Zach:
50: 494: 455: 419: 151:. The crater is 71 kilometres (44 mi) in diameter and 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) deep. It is from the 174: 447: 102: 43: 489: 158: 117: 8: 135:
located in the heavily cratered southern sector of the Moon. To the north is the crater
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The crater area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
481: 166:The inner walls of the crater are prominently 434: 28: 157: 155:period, 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago. 177:, a 19th-century Hungarian astronomer. 482: 402: 180: 386: 384: 13: 14: 511: 468: 391:Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition 444:The Clementine Atlas of the Moon 381: 428: 396: 1: 374: 393:. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006. 367: 364: 361: 358: 353: 350: 347: 344: 339: 336: 333: 330: 325: 322: 319: 316: 311: 308: 305: 302: 297: 294: 291: 288: 283: 280: 277: 274: 269: 266: 263: 260: 255: 252: 249: 246: 241: 238: 235: 232: 227: 224: 221: 218: 213: 210: 207: 204: 143:and to the south the larger 139:, while to the southeast is 7: 175:Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach 10: 516: 495:Impact craters on the Moon 448:Cambridge University Press 199: 196: 193: 190: 111: 101: 97:3.7 km (2.3 mi) 91: 81: 42: 27: 173:The crater is named for 16:Lunar surface depression 87:71 km (44 mi) 475:Image from Google Moon 163: 161: 118:Franz Xaver von Zach 62: /  24: 19:Feature on the moon 164: 22: 408:Atlas of the Moon 372: 371: 181:Satellite craters 123: 122: 507: 462: 461: 432: 426: 425: 400: 394: 388: 188: 187: 77: 76: 74: 73: 72: 67: 63: 60: 59: 58: 55: 32: 25: 21: 515: 514: 510: 509: 508: 506: 505: 504: 490:LQ27 quadrangle 480: 479: 471: 466: 465: 458: 433: 429: 422: 401: 397: 389: 382: 377: 183: 107:355° at sunrise 70: 68: 64: 61: 56: 53: 51: 49: 48: 38: 35:Lunar Orbiter 4 20: 17: 12: 11: 5: 513: 503: 502: 497: 492: 478: 477: 470: 469:External links 467: 464: 463: 456: 427: 420: 412:Kalmbach Books 395: 379: 378: 376: 373: 370: 369: 366: 363: 360: 356: 355: 352: 349: 346: 342: 341: 338: 335: 332: 328: 327: 324: 321: 318: 314: 313: 310: 307: 304: 300: 299: 296: 293: 290: 286: 285: 282: 279: 276: 272: 271: 268: 265: 262: 258: 257: 254: 251: 248: 244: 243: 240: 237: 234: 230: 229: 226: 223: 220: 216: 215: 212: 209: 206: 202: 201: 198: 195: 192: 182: 179: 121: 120: 115: 109: 108: 105: 99: 98: 95: 89: 88: 85: 79: 78: 46: 40: 39: 33: 18: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 512: 501: 498: 496: 493: 491: 488: 487: 485: 476: 473: 472: 459: 457:0-521-81528-2 453: 449: 445: 441: 437: 431: 423: 421:0-913135-17-8 417: 413: 409: 405: 404:Rükl, Antonín 399: 392: 387: 385: 380: 357: 343: 329: 315: 301: 287: 273: 259: 245: 231: 217: 203: 189: 186: 178: 176: 171: 169: 160: 156: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 133:impact crater 131: 127: 119: 116: 114: 110: 106: 104: 100: 96: 94: 90: 86: 84: 80: 75: 47: 45: 41: 36: 31: 26: 446:. New York: 443: 430: 407: 398: 390: 184: 172: 165: 125: 124: 66:60.9°S 5.3°E 354:16 km 326:11 km 284:28 km 270:24 km 256:32 km 242:13 km 228:32 km 214:36 km 103:Colongitude 69: / 44:Coordinates 484:Categories 440:Spudis, P. 436:Bussey, B. 375:References 368:5 km 340:9 km 312:7 km 298:6 km 197:Longitude 71:-60.9; 5.3 500:Nectarian 200:Diameter 194:Latitude 153:Nectarian 442:(2004). 406:(1990). 362:57.1° S 348:58.1° S 334:57.4° S 320:57.4° S 306:59.0° S 292:58.4° S 278:60.0° S 264:59.4° S 250:62.1° S 236:58.5° S 222:58.6° S 208:62.5° S 168:terraced 141:Pentland 83:Diameter 365:7.0° E 351:6.9° E 337:6.2° E 323:4.7° E 309:2.9° E 295:0.5° E 281:3.2° E 267:6.3° E 253:7.9° E 239:1.3° E 225:3.0° E 211:5.1° E 145:Curtius 54:60°54′S 454:  418:  137:Lilius 113:Eponym 57:5°18′E 191:Zach 149:Earth 130:lunar 128:is a 93:Depth 37:image 452:ISBN 416:ISBN 126:Zach 23:Zach 486:: 450:. 438:; 414:. 410:. 383:^ 359:M 345:L 331:K 317:J 303:H 289:G 275:F 261:E 247:D 233:C 219:B 205:A 460:. 424:.

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Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
60°54′S 5°18′E / 60.9°S 5.3°E / -60.9; 5.3
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Franz Xaver von Zach
lunar
impact crater
Lilius
Pentland
Curtius
Earth
Nectarian

terraced
Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach


Rükl, Antonín
Kalmbach Books
ISBN
0-913135-17-8
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0-521-81528-2

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