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| Coordinates | 23°18′N 29°12′W / 23.3°N 29.2°W |
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| Diameter | 28 km |
| Depth | 2.2 km |
| Colongitude | 28° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Leonhard Euler |
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Euler is a lunar impact crater located in the southern half of the Mare Imbrium, and is named after the Swiss mathematician, physician and astronomer Leonhard Euler.[1] The most notable nearby feature is Mons Vinogradov to the west-southwest. There is a cluster of low ridges to the southwest, and this formation includes the small crater Natasha and the tiny Jehan. About 200 kilometers to the east-northeast is the comparably sized crater Lambert.
Euler's rim is surrounded by a low rampart, and contain some slight terracing and slumped features on the irregular inner wall surface. In the middle of the small interior floor is a low central peak that formed from the rebound subsequent to the impact. The crater has a minor system of rays that extend for a distance of 200 kilometers.
Euler is a crater of Eratosthenian age.[2]
- ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Euler". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 12.2.