Reiner (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Reiner

Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Diameter| 30 km
Depth| 2.6 km
Colongitude| 55° at sunrise
Oblique view of Reiner at the terminator facing west, from Apollo 12. Clementine image

Reiner is a lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum, in the western part of the Moon. It has a nearly circular rim, but appears oval in shape due to foreshortening. The rim edge is well-defined and has not been eroded by impacts. In the midpoint of the irregular crater floor is a central peak. Outside the rim is a hummocky rampart that extends out across the mare for about half a crater diameter.

To the west-northwest of the crater on the Oceanus Procellarum is the unusual feature Reiner Gamma, a fish-shaped surface marking of ray-like material with a high albedo.

Reiner is a crater of Eratosthenian age.[1] It is named after the astronomer Vincentio Reinieri, a disciple of Galileo Galilei.

## 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 Reiner.

Reiner  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 5.2° N  | 51.4° W  | 10 km
C  | 3.5° N  | 51.5° W  | 7 km
E  | 1.9° N  | 49.6° W  | 4 km
G  | 3.3° N  | 54.3° W  | 3 km
H  | 9.1° N  | 54.7° W  | 8 km
K  | 8.1° N  | 53.9° W  | 3 km
L  | 8.0° N  | 54.6° W  | 6 km
M  | 8.6° N  | 56.1° W  | 3 km
N  | 5.4° N  | 57.5° W  | 4 km
Q  | 1.4° N  | 50.9° W  | 3 km
R  | 3.7° N  | 55.5° W  | 45 km
S  | 2.2° N  | 50.7° W  | 4 km
T  | 3.7° N  | 52.2° W  | 2 km
U  | 4.1° N  | 52.5° W  | 3 km

## References

1. ↑ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 12.2.

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