Sundman (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=10.8
N_or_S=N
longitude=91.6
E_or_W=W
diameter=40 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=92
eponym=Karl F. Sundman

Sundman is a lunar crater that lies just past the western limb of the Moon. Although it lies on the far side from the Earth, this part of the surface is brought into view during periods of favorable libration and illumination. Sundman lies to the southwest of Einstein crater, and to the west of the Vallis Bohr cleft.

This crater lies in the midst of the skirt of "ejecta" that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. Both the crater and its surroundings have been modified by this enormous amount of material, and the surface displays an uneven pattern that is generally radial to the basin, which is located to the north. The crater forms a shallow depression in the surface, with small craters along the southeastern and southwestern rim.

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 Sundman crater.

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