Necho (crater)

Necho
Apollo 14 image
Coordinates5°15′S 123°14′E / 5.25°S 123.24°E / -5.25; 123.24
Diameter36.87 km (22.91 mi)
Depth3.8 km (2.4 mi)[1]
Colongitude237° at sunrise
EponymNecho II
Necho's bright rays. Apollo 8 view facing east.
Cracks form in the impact melt sheet on the floor of Necho Crater, the southeast rim. Imaged by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Oblique Apollo 10 image
Highly oblique view also from Apollo 10

Necho is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, and therefore cannot be seen directly from the Earth. It lies to the northeast of the larger crater Langemak, about a crater diameter to the south-southwest of Bečvář and further east is Love.

  1. ^ 83B4S1(50) Necho Crater — L&PI Lunar Topophotomap Series, Scale: 1:50,000.