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Somerville (crater)

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Diameter
  
15 km

Colongitude
  
296° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
Mary F. Somerville

Somerville (crater)

Somerville is a small lunar crater in the eastern part of the Moon. It lies to the east of the prominent crater Langrenus, and was designated Langrenus J before being given a name by the IAU. This is a roughly circular, bowl-shaped formation, with the larger but less conspicuous Langrenus H attached to the northwest rim. The rim has a protruding lip that extends slightly toward the southwest.

This is one of a handful of lunar craters named after a woman, Mary Somerville.

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Somerville (crater) Wikipedia