Green (lunar crater)
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This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the Martian crater, see Green (Martian crater).
Green is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It was named after British mathematician and physicist George Green in 1970.[1] Prior to that, it was designated Crater 216.[2] It lies just to the west of the huge walled plain Mendeleev, and is nearly joined with the west-northwestern edge of the crater Hartmann.
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Coordinates | 4.1°N 132.9°E / 4.1; 132.9 |
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Diameter | 65 km |
Colongitude | 228° at sunrise |
Eponym | George Green |
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