| Crater characteristics | |
| Coordinates | 16. Selenographic coordinates are used to refer to locations on the surface of Earth 's Moon. 7° S, 66. 8° W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 45 km |
| Depth | 0. Geometry, a diameter of a Circle is any straight Line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose Endpoints are on the The depth of any crater in a solid Planet or moon - whether it is an Impact crater, a Volcanic crater, or a Subsidence crater - may 5 km |
| Colongitude | 67° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Peter Crüger |
Crüger is a lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Moon, to the northeast of the much larger Darwin walled-plain. Selenographic coordinates are used to refer to locations on the surface of Earth 's Moon. Peter Crüger or Peter Krüger (1580 in Königsberg — 1639 was a mathematician astronomer Polymath, and teacher of Johannes Hevelius In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body Darwin is a lunar crater of the type categorised as a walled plain
The most distinctive feature about this crater is very dark interior floor that is one of the lowest albedo features on the Moon. The albedo of an object is the extent to which it diffusely reflects light from the sun The surface has been covered in basaltic-lava and has only been exposed to a minimal amount of deposition from impact ejecta. Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock. Lava is molten rock expelled by a Volcano during an eruption When first expelled from a volcanic vent it is a Liquid at Temperatures The floor is nearly featureless, with only a tiny craterlet near the center and few other even more diminutive impacts. The outer rim is low and nearly circular, and has not been significantly reshaped by impacts.
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 Crüger crater.
| Crüger | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 16. 0° S | 62. 7° W | 27 km |
| B | 17. 2° S | 71. 6° W | 13 km |
| C | 16. 8° S | 61. 9° W | 12 km |
| D | 15. 3° S | 64. 5° W | 12 km |
| E | 17. 5° S | 65. 2° W | 16 km |
| F | 14. 2° S | 64. 4° W | 9 km |
| G | 17. 9° S | 68. 0° W | 8 km |
| H | 18. 0° S | 65. 2° W | 7 km |
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