Nishina (crater)

Nishina (crater)

Coordinates	44.6°S 170.4°W / -44.6; -170.4
Diameter	65 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	172° at sunrise
Eponym	Yoshio Nishina

Nishina is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of the crater Maksutov, to the southeast of Finsen and Leibniz.

The rim of this formation has been eroded, worn down, and reshaped by a history of impacts, leaving an irregular, indented perimeter surrounding the crater floor. The interior of the formation has been resurfaced by basaltic lava, leaving a level, nearly featureless surface that contains no impacts of note. Whie the interior surface has a low albedo and appears dark, it has been coated by ray material which has produced lighter patches to the southwest and northeast.

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 Nishina.

Nishina	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
T	43.7° S	174.4° W	28 km

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