Neander (crater)

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Neander is an impact crater in the east of the Moon front, southeast of Mare Nectaris, southwest of the crater Reichenbach and southeast of Piccolomini. The crater is irregularly shaped, moderately eroded and has concentric structures and a central mountain inside on.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician, philologist and physician Michael Neander.

Near side of the Moon Reichenbach (crater) Piccolomini (crater) International Astronomical Union
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