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Hooke (lunar crater)

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Diameter
  
36 km

Colongitude
  
306° at sunrise

Depth
  
2.3 km

Eponym
  
Robert Hooke

Hooke (lunar crater)

Hooke is a lunar crater that is located to the northwest of the crater Messala, in the northeastern part of the Moon. It lies about a crater diameter to the southeast of the comparably sized Shuckburgh.

The low rim of this crater is moderately eroded, with the satellite crater Hooke D intruding slightly into the southeastern side. A small worn, crater is attached to the northern exterior rim. The interior floor has been flooded, leaving a level, featureless plain and a narrow inner wall.

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 Hooke.

References

Hooke (lunar crater) Wikipedia