Sampson (Crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Sampson
LRO image
Diameter1.5 km
DepthUnknown
Colongitude17° at sunrise
Lunar Orbiter 4 image showing Sampson left of center with four other small, unnamed craters of similar size.

Sampson is a relatively tiny lunar impact crater located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer Ralph Allan Sampson.[1] To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner and to the southeast lies Timocharis. East of this crater is the Dorsum Grabau, a wrinkle ridge in the mare.

See also

References

  1. "Sampson (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  • LTO-40B1 Sampson — L&PI topographic orthophotomap of the crater and its vicinity.




Categories: [Impact craters on the Moon] [Mare Imbrium]


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