Flammarion (lunar crater)

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Flammarion is an impact crater on the Moon's south-west front of the sine Medii, north of the large crater Ptolemaeus. The crater is eroded, the interior largely level.

The northern wall touching the moon groove Rima Flammarion heads towards southeast.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the French astronomer Camille Flammarion.

Near side of the Moon Sinus Medii Ptolemaeus (lunar crater) Rille International Astronomical Union
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