Kunowsky (lunar crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Kunowsky crater from Apollo 12. "NASA photo".
latitude=3.2
N_or_S=N
longitude=32.5
E_or_W=W
diameter=18 km
depth=0.9 km
colong=33
eponym=Georg Kunowsky

Kunowsky is a small lunar crater on the Mare Insularum, in the western half of the Moon's near side. It lies about one third the distance from the Encke crater to the west-northwest and Lansberg crater to the east-southeast.

This formation is surrounded by lunar mare, and the interior has been flooded by basaltic-lava, leaving only a roughly circular rim projecting above the surface. The rim is slender and sharp-edged, with no significant erosion. Apart from a tiny craterlet at the mid-point of the interior floor, this crater has no other significant features. It does lie in a region of the mare where rays from Kepler crater to the northwest and Copernicus crater further to the northeast.

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 Kunowsky crater.

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