Glazenap (crater) explained

Coordinates:-1.6°N 137.6°W
Diameter:43 km
Depth:Unknown
Colong:223
Eponym:Sergej P. von Glazenap

Glazenap is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. It lies to the south-southwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev, and to the northwest of the crater Pannekoek. This crater is nearly circular, and has not been significantly eroded. However, a small crater lies across the northwestern rim. The loose material deposited along the inner walls has accumulated at the base in a ring of scree about the interior floor.

Satellite craters

By convention, these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Glazenap.

GlazenapLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
E1.4° S139.0° E14 km
F1.5° S139.7° E11 km
P5.0° S136.0° E57 km
S2.0° S134.3° E28 km
V0.6° S136.0° E22 km

References

. Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . . 978-0-304-35469-6 .

. Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . . 978-0-913135-17-4 .

. Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 978-0-486-20917-3 .

. Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62248-6 .