Holden (lunar crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Holden

Oblique Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Diameter| 48 km
Depth| 4.0 km
Colongitude| 298° at sunrise
Oblique view from Apollo 15

Holden is a lunar impact crater attached to the southeast rim of the much larger crater Vendelinus. The crater rim is impacted by a craterlet on the north-northwest, and it possesses a terrace along the northeast interior wall. The floor of the crater is flat with no central peak. There is a small crater on the floor just to the south of the midpoint. It is named after Edward Singleton Holden. A crater with the same name exists on Mars.

## Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Holden.

Holden  | Coordinates  | Diameter, km

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R  |  [ ⚑ ] 20°49′S 60°59′E﻿ / ﻿20.82°S 60.99°E﻿ / -20.82; 60.99﻿ (Holden R) | 18
S  |  [ ⚑ ] 20°25′S 61°34′E﻿ / ﻿20.41°S 61.56°E﻿ / -20.41; 61.56﻿ (Holden S) | 14
T  |  [ ⚑ ] 19°01′S 64°10′E﻿ / ﻿19.02°S 64.17°E﻿ / -19.02; 64.17﻿ (Holden T) | 9
V  |  [ ⚑ ] 18°34′S 62°04′E﻿ / ﻿18.57°S 62.07°E﻿ / -18.57; 62.07﻿ (Holden V) | 12
W  |  [ ⚑ ] 18°55′S 60°01′E﻿ / ﻿18.91°S 60.02°E﻿ / -18.91; 60.02﻿ (Holden W) | 12

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