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Tralles (crater)

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Diameter
  
43 km

Colongitude
  
308° at sunrise

Depth
  
3.4 km

Eponym
  
Johann G. Tralles

Tralles (crater)

Tralles is an irregular lunar crater that is attached to the northwestern rim of the much larger crater Cleomedes, in the northeastern part of the Moon. Within one crater diameter to the northwest is Debes.

This is an oddly shaped crater formation with an irregular perimeter. The rugged interior has the appearance of three overlapping craters, with one at the south end, a second to the northeast and a third to the northwest. There are also several tiny craterlets located within the jumbled inner surface.

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 Tralles.

References

Tralles (crater) Wikipedia