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Champollion (crater)

Crater on the Moon


Crater on the Moon

FieldValue
imageChampollionCrater.jpg
captionLRO image
coordinates
diameter58 km
depthUnknown
colong186
eponymJean F. Champollion

Champollion is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located north-northeast of the larger crater Shayn, and south-southeast of Chandler.

This crater formation has been heavily damaged by subsequent impacts, and is now a battered depression in the surface. An unnamed crater overlays the eastern rim, and the remaining inner wall is incised along much of its circumference by lesser impacts. One of these forms a trough in the northern inner wall, with side walls that extend almost to the center of the floor.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Champollion.

ChampollionLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A41.1° N177.1° E27 km
F37.3° N177.8° E21 km
K36.5° N176.4° E22 km
Y40.8° N174.7° E22 km

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