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Heinrich (crater)

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Diameter
  
6 km

Colongitude
  
16° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.4 km

Eponym
  
Wladimir W. Heinrich

Heinrich (crater)

Heinrich is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Imbrium, a lunar mare in the northwest quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation very similar to many other craters of comparable size on the Moon.

Heinrich lies to the southwest of the prominent crater Timocharis, and was previously designated as Timocharis A before being given its current name by the IAU. It is otherwise a relatively isolated formation with only a few tiny satellite craters of Timocharis located nearby.

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Heinrich (crater) Wikipedia


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