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Lippershey (crater)

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Diameter
  
7 km

Colongitude
  
11° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.4 km

Eponym
  
Hans Lippershey

Lippershey (crater)

Lippershey is a relatively tiny lunar impact crater located in the southeast section of the Mare Nubium. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature surrounded by the lunar mare. Lippershey lies to the northeast of the crater Pitatus.

Satellite craters

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

References

Lippershey (crater) Wikipedia