Scheele (crater)

Coordinates: 9°24′S 37°48′W / 9.4°S 37.8°W / -9.4; -37.8
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Scheele
Apollo 16 Mapping camera image
Coordinates9°24′S 37°48′W / 9.4°S 37.8°W / -9.4; -37.8
Diameter4 km
Depth0.8 km
Colongitude38° at sunrise
EponymCarl W. Scheele

Scheele is a tiny, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater that lies on the Oceanus Procellarum, to the south of the small crater Wichmann. To the southwest is the flooded crater Letronne. To the southwest of Scheele are several low ridges projecting above the surface of the lunar mare, the Dorsa Ewing.

This crater was named after the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.[1] It was previously designated Letronne D.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Scheele (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.