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Weierstrass (crater)

General characteristics
Latitude 1.3° S
Longitude 77.2° E
Diameter 33 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude   283° at sunrise
Eponym Karl Weierstrauss
References See listing

Weierstrass is a small lunar crater that is attached to the northern rim of the Gilbert walled plain, in the eastern part of the Moon. It also lies very near Van Vleck crater, a similar formation just to the southeast. Due to its location, this crater appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth.

This crater has a roughly circular outer rim with some slumped shelves along the inner walls to the north and south. The interior floor is nearly featureless. Neither the rim nor the interior are marked by impact craters of significance.

Prior to being named by the IAU, this crater was designated 'Gilbert N'.








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