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Galle (lunar crater)

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Diameter
  
21 km

Colongitude
  
338° at sunrise

Depth
  
2.3 km

Eponym
  
Johann G. Galle

Galle (lunar crater)

Galle is a small lunar crater on the Mare Frigoris, to the north-northeast of the prominent crater Aristoteles. The formation is nearly circular, with a sharp-edged rim and little appearance of erosion. There are slight outward bulges in the rim to the north and northeast, but otherwise the formation is relatively symmetrical.

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 Galle.

References

Galle (lunar crater) Wikipedia


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