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Crater on the Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lansberg is a lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus to Reinhold, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.
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Coordinates | 0.3°S 26.6°W |
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Diameter | 39 km |
Depth | 3.1 km |
Colongitude | 26° at sunrise |
Eponym | Philippe van Lansberge |
The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has sometimes been written "Landsberg" instead. It is named for the Belgian/Dutch astronomer Philippe van Lansberge.[1]
Lansberg is a crater of Upper (Late) Imbrian age.[2]
Approximately 40 km to the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5 probe, and a further 60 km in the same direction is the landing site of Surveyor 3 and Apollo 12.[3]
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lansberg.
Lansberg | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 0.2° N | 31.1° W | 9 km |
B | 2.5° S | 28.1° W | 9 km |
C | 1.5° S | 29.2° W | 17 km |
D | 3.0° S | 30.6° W | 11 km |
E | 1.8° S | 30.3° W | 6 km |
F | 2.2° S | 30.7° W | 9 km |
G | 0.6° S | 29.4° W | 10 km |
L | 3.5° S | 26.4° W | 5 km |
N | 1.9° S | 26.4° W | 4 km |
P | 2.3° S | 23.0° W | 2 km |
X | 1.2° N | 27.8° W | 3 km |
Y | 0.7° N | 28.2° W | 4 km |
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