Sampson (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Feature on the moon

Sampson

LRO image

Coordinates| 29°42′N 16°30′W﻿ / ﻿29.7°N 16.5°W﻿ / 29.7; -16.5
Diameter| 1.5 km
Depth| Unknown
Colongitude| 17° at sunrise
Eponym| Ralph Allan Sampson
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

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* Asteroid 9881 Sampson

## References

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1. ^ "Sampson (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sampson (lunar crater).

* LTO-40B1 Sampson — L&PI topographic orthophotomap of the crater and its vicinity.