Menzel is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the southeast of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after American astrophysicist Donald H. Menzel.[1] This feature is circular in outline and cup-shaped, with no overlapping impacts of significance. The mare around the crater is nearly devoid of features of interest, except for a nearly submerged crater rim to the northwest, and a few small rises to the north and east.

Menzel
Coordinates3°24′N 36°54′E / 3.4°N 36.9°E / 3.4; 36.9
Diameter3 km
Colongitude323° at sunrise
EponymDonald H. Menzel
Oblique Apollo 15 image

References

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