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| Coordinates | 37°12′N 141°18′W / 37.2°N 141.3°W |
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| Diameter | 75 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 142° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Daniel O. Klute |
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Klute is a crater on the Moon's far side. It lies to the southeast of the larger walled plain Fowler, and east of the crater Gadomski.
Klute is a heavily worn crater with multiple smaller craters along the outer rim. The satellite crater Klute W impacted to the northwest of Klute, and a large slump or landslide has occurred where material has flowed into the unnamed crater within Klute.[1] The remainder of the floor is an uneven plain marked with several small, eroded craters.
This crater was named after Dr. Daniel Klute in 1970,[2] a scientist who helped develop engines for the Saturn V rocket before he died in 1964.
- ^ Mass Wasting: Klute Crater, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
- ^ Klute, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)