Landau (crater)

Landau (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Landau from orbit.
latitude=41.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=118.1
E_or_W=W
diameter=214 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=121
eponym=Lev D. Landau

Landau is a large lunar crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It was named after physicist Lev Landau. The Wegener crater is attached to the northeast rim. Attached to the southeast rim is the Frost crater.

The outer rim of Landau is heavily eroded and modified by subsequent impacts. The most notable of these is Wood crater, which overlays the northwest rim. Much of the floor is hilly and irregular, with only the northeast quadrant being somewhat level. There are multiple small craters and craterlets in the floor. The most intact section of the rim is in the southwest, although this is now little more than a low ridge line.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Landau crater.

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