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Debes (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Summary

Crater on the Moon

Field	Value
image	Debes crater 4062 h1.jpg
caption	Lunar Orbiter 4 image
coordinates
diameter	31.92 km
colong	309
eponym

Debes is a lunar impact crater that is located to the north of the Mare Crisium, in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It was named by the IAU in 1935 after German cartographer . It lies just to the northwest of the crater Tralles and the prominent Cleomedes.

This crater is joined to the oval-shaped Debes A through a break in the southern rim. The latter crater is joined along its western rim by Debes B, so that the result is a triple-crater formation. The surviving part of Debes is somewhat eroded and rounded, when compared to the sharper-rimmed Tralles, and the interior floor is relatively level and featureless.

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 Debes.

Debes	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	28.8° N	51.5° E	33 km
B	29.0° N	50.6° E	19 km

References

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