&sq=&lang=&file=File:Jeans_crater_4006_h3.jpg) Lunar Orbiter 4 image | |
| Coordinates | 55°48′S 91°24′E / 55.8°S 91.4°E |
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| Diameter | 79 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 270° at sunrise |
| Eponym | James Jeans |
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Jeans is a lunar impact crater, on the southeastern limb of the Moon, with its majority lying on the far side. A favorable libration can bring the entire crater into view, but even then the details observable from Earth are very limited as the crater is viewed rather "edge-on".
Jeans is located nearly midway between the much larger walled plain Lyot on the near side and the crater Chamberlin on the far side. It has a heavily worn and rounded outer rim, and several impacts lie along the southern and southeastern edge and inner wall. The most prominent of these intersecting craters are Jeans G across the eastern rim. The interior floor of the main crater has been resurfaced by basaltic lava, leaving a dark level surface marked only by a few tiny craterlets.