Ritchey (lunar crater)

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Ritchey is an impact crater on the lunar front side east of Mare Nubium, east of the crater Albategnius and northwest of Abulfeda. The crater is moderately se eroded with a flat bottom, the northwestern edge but is overlaid by further strikes.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the U.S. telescope designer and astronomer George Willis Ritchey.

Apollo 16 Near side of the Moon Albategnius (crater) Abulfeda (crater) International Astronomical Union
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