Green (lunar crater)

Green (lunar crater)

Lunar crater Green from Apollo 16. NASA photo.
Coordinates	4.1°N 132.9°E / 4.1; 132.9
Diameter	65 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	228° at sunrise
Eponym	George Green

Green is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It lies just to the west of the huge walled plain Mendeleev, and is nearly joined with the west-northwestern edge of the crater Hartmann.

The crater has not been significantly eroded although a few tiny craterlets lie along the edge and inner wall. The perimeter is nearly circular, but has an outward bulge along the eastern side with some indications of a landslip. The inner sides display some terrace structures, particularly to the northeast. At the mid-point of the relatively level interior floor is a central ridge. The floor is more level along the western half, with some low rises in the east. There are only a few tiny craterlets on the interior.

Satellite 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 Green.

Green	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
M	0.9° N	132.9° E	37 km
P	1.0° N	131.8° E	21 km
Q	2.8° N	131.7° E	16 km
R	3.4° N	131.0° E	33 km

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