Coordinates | 1°36′S 102°42′E / 1.6°S 102.7°E |
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Diameter | 99 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 258° at sunrise |
Eponym | Meghnad Saha |
Saha is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side, behind the eastern limb as seen from the Earth. It lies less than one crater diameter due east of the similar-sized Wyld, and to the north-northwest of the large walled plain Pasteur.
This crater has been worn and damaged by subsequent impacts, including the satellite crater Saha W which lies across the northwest rim and inner wall. The inner sides still display some terrace-like shelf structures, but these have become worn and have lost definition. There is a small, bowl-shaped crater Saha M in the southwestern part of the interior floor. To the north of this feature is an arcing ridge feature. The floor is otherwise pitted by various tiny craterlets. This crater is a proposed site of Lunar Crater Radio Telescope along with Daedalus crater. [1]
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Saha.
Saha | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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B | 1.5° N | 104.5° E | 34 km |
C | 1.4° N | 107.8° E | 64 km |
D | 0.1° N | 107.5° E | 35 km |
E | 0.2° S | 107.6° E | 28 km |
J | 4.0° S | 105.3° E | 52 km |
M | 2.2° S | 102.6° E | 18 km |
N | 4.1° S | 101.5° E | 49 km |
W | 0.6° S | 101.4° E | 34 km |
Coordinates | 1°36′S 102°42′E / 1.6°S 102.7°E |
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Diameter | 99 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 258° at sunrise |
Eponym | Meghnad Saha |
Saha is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side, behind the eastern limb as seen from the Earth. It lies less than one crater diameter due east of the similar-sized Wyld, and to the north-northwest of the large walled plain Pasteur.
This crater has been worn and damaged by subsequent impacts, including the satellite crater Saha W which lies across the northwest rim and inner wall. The inner sides still display some terrace-like shelf structures, but these have become worn and have lost definition. There is a small, bowl-shaped crater Saha M in the southwestern part of the interior floor. To the north of this feature is an arcing ridge feature. The floor is otherwise pitted by various tiny craterlets. This crater is a proposed site of Lunar Crater Radio Telescope along with Daedalus crater. [1]
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Saha.
Saha | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
B | 1.5° N | 104.5° E | 34 km |
C | 1.4° N | 107.8° E | 64 km |
D | 0.1° N | 107.5° E | 35 km |
E | 0.2° S | 107.6° E | 28 km |
J | 4.0° S | 105.3° E | 52 km |
M | 2.2° S | 102.6° E | 18 km |
N | 4.1° S | 101.5° E | 49 km |
W | 0.6° S | 101.4° E | 34 km |