Schumacher (crater)

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Schumacher is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon 's front panel. It lies immediately north of the large crater Messala and west of the Lacus memory. The rim is eroded and is superimposed on the west side of the crater Schumacher B. The interior is relatively flat.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the German astronomer Heinrich Christian Schumacher.