Struve (lunar crater)

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Struve is a large, worn lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, known for its eroded walls and overlapping neighboring craters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Struve (lunar crater) canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
walled plain
belongsTo lunar western limb region
category Impact craters on the Moon
colongitude 82
condition heavily worn
diameter ~170 km
eponym Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
floorAlbedo low
floorCoverage partly covered by basaltic lava flows
floorTexture smooth
formationProcess impact event
geologicContext border region between highlands and Oceanus Procellarum
hasFeature interior resurfaced by lava
irregular, broken rim
hasSatelliteCraters Struve A
Struve B
linked to: Struve A

Struve C
linked to: Struve A
hasSmallerCratersOnRim yes
IATACode Struve
linked to: von Struve
liesOn western edge of Oceanus Procellarum
locatedNear Moon’s western limb
locatedOn Moon
lunar near side
morphologicalState eroded walls
namedAfter Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union
neighboringFeature Eddington (lunar crater)
linked to: Eddington crater

Oceanus Procellarum
Russell (lunar crater)
observability subject to foreshortening from Earth
overlappedBy Eddington (lunar crater)
linked to: Eddington crater

Russell (lunar crater)
overlaps Oceanus Procellarum margin
linked to: Oceanus Procellarum
quadrant northwestern near side
rimElevationRelativeToFloor low-relief
rimIntegrity heavily degraded
surfaceType mare-flooded walled plain
visibilityFromEarth better at favorable libration toward western limb

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russell (lunar crater) adjacentTo Struve (lunar crater)
subject linked to: Russell lunar crater