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Ritchey (lunar crater)

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Diameter
  
25 km

Colongitude
  
352° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.3 km

Eponym
  
George W. Ritchey

Ritchey (lunar crater)

Ritchey is a small lunar impact crater situated to the east of Albategnius in the central lunar highlands. Its somewhat angular rim is broken along the northwestern wall by a pair of smaller, adjacent craters. The floor of Ritchey is fairly flat, with a pair of small central mounds.

Satellite craters

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

References

Ritchey (lunar crater) Wikipedia