Suess (lunar crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Suess

Apollo 12 image, showing the crater's hummocky ejecta surrounding the rim

Diameter| 9 km
Depth| 0.5 km
Colongitude| 48° at sunrise
Oblique view of Suess (upper left) and its satellite craters H, D, and B, while at the terminator, from Lunar Orbiter 3 Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Suess is a small lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a higher albedo than the surroundings. The closest significant crater is Reiner, about 150 kilometers to the west-northwest. The lunar mare that surrounds Suess is marked by the rays radiating from the crater Kepler to the east-northeast.

The long, sinuous rille named Rima Suess begins about 30 kilometers to the east of Suess, and winds its way in a generally north-northwesterly direction for a length of almost 200 kilometers.

## 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 Suess.

Suess  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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B  | 5.7° N  | 47.3° W  | 8 km
D  | 4.7° N  | 46.5° W  | 7 km
F  | 1.1° N  | 44.6° W  | 7 km
G  | 3.4° N  | 48.4° W  | 4 km
H  | 4.0° N  | 45.7° W  | 4 km
J  | 6.9° N  | 48.5° W  | 3 km
K  | 6.5° N  | 50.0° W  | 3 km
L  | 6.1° N  | 50.5° W  | 5 km

* Suess F crater (Apollo 12)

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