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Landsteiner (crater)

Coordinates: 31°18′N 14°48′W / 31.3°N 14.8°W / 31.3; -14.8
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Landsteiner
Coordinates31°18′N 14°48′W / 31.3°N 14.8°W / 31.3; -14.8
Diameter6 km
Depth1.4 km
Colongitude13° at sunrise
EponymKarl Landsteiner
Oblique view from Apollo 15

Landsteiner is a tiny, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater in the central Mare Imbrium. It was named after Austrian-American pathologist and Nobel laureate Karl Landsteiner.[1] It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with no appreciable erosion. Nearby to the south is a low wrinkle ridge named the Dorsum Grabau. Farther south is the prominent crater Timocharis.

This feature was identified as Timocharis F before being renamed by the IAU.

References

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  1. ^ "Landsteiner (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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