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| Coordinates | 2°28′S 85°18′E / 2.47°S 85.30°E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 12.36 km |
| Depth | 0.41 km[1] |
| Colongitude | 275° at sunrise |
| Eponym | William H. F. Talbot |
Talbot is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies between a pair of larger, flooded craters, with Runge to the west and Haldane to the west-northwest. The crater is entirely surrounded by the dark lunar mare. It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with an almost featureless interior floor. The outer rim has a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, but the floor is as dark as the mare.
The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1976.[2]
- ^ LTO-81B2 Runge, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series, Defense Mapping Agency, Scale: 1:250,000. 1973.
- ^ Talbot, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)