Triesnecker (crater)

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Triesnecker is a 25 km large and very deep crater in the sinus Medii, an almost crater- free basalt plain in the middle of the visible moon half.

  • Selenografische coordinates 4 ° North, 4 ° East
  • Named after the Austrian Jesuit and astronomer Franz de Paula Triesnecker (1745-1817)

Triesnecker has a sharp, regular crater wall and is hardly eroded. Near its eastern edge runs a system of grooves in a northerly direction, the Rimae Triesnecker.

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