Menelaus (crater)

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Menelaus is an impact crater on the Moon's front page on the northern edge of the Montes Haemus, at the edge of Mare Serenitatis, west of the crater Plinius. The crater floor is uneven, the crater rim somewhat irregular.

North of Menelaus, in the plane of the Mare Serenitatis, is the system of grooves Rimae Menelaus.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the mathematician and astronomer Menelaus.

Menelaus of Alexandria Near side of the Moon International Astronomical Union
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