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Winthrop (crater)

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Diameter
  
18 km

Colongitude
  
45° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
John Winthrop

Winthrop (crater)

Winthrop is the remnant of a lunar crater that has been flooded by lava from the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies across the western rim of the much larger crater Letronne, a much larger feature that has been nearly destroyed by the intruding mare lavas. All that survives of Winthrop are a few segments of the outer rim.

Winthrop was previously identified as Letronne P before being renamed by the IAU.

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Winthrop (crater) Wikipedia