Kepler (lunar crater)

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Kepler is a crater on the moon, which is named after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. He is already with a small telescope, a very conspicuous crater on the moon because he has like Tycho and Copernicus about a ray system.

Location and characteristics

Kepler is a striking crater near the lunar equator on the near side of the Moon. It is located with its center at 8.1 ° N and 38.0 ° selenografischer width W, west of Oceanus Procellarum and east of Mare Insularum. Its diameter is 32 kilometers. Its depth measured from the heights of the crater walls 2,600 meters. The rim is slightly angular shaped by slope slides. The inner slope of the rampart is terraced. The central massif is weak.

Kepler has a very bright interior, and is also the center of a bright ray system.