Heinsius (crater)

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Heinsius is an impact crater in the southwest of the Moon front, south of Mare Nubium, northwest of the crater Tycho and northeast of Wilhelm. The irregularly shaped crater is heavily eroded and superimposed mainly in the southwestern part of secondary craters.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the German astronomer Gottfried Heinsius.

Near side of the Moon Tycho (crater) Wilhelm (crater) International Astronomical Union
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