Anděl is a lunar

Moon

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 crater

Impact crater

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 a larger body...

 that lies in the rugged central highlands of the Moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

. Nearby craters of note include Abulfeda

Abulfeda (crater)

Abulfeda is a lunar impact crater located in the central highlands of the Moon. To the northeast is the crater Descartes, and to the south-southeast is Almanon. To the north is the crater Dollond. A chain of craters named the Catena Abulfeda runs between the southern rim of Abulfeda and the north...

 to the south-southeast and Descartes

Descartes (crater)

Descartes is a heavily worn lunar crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. To the southwest is the crater Abulfeda. It is named after the French philosopher, mathematician and physicist René Descartes....

 to the east-southeast. About 85 kilometres to the east-northeast of the outer rim is the landing site of the Apollo 16

Apollo 16

Young and Duke served as the backup crew for Apollo 13; Mattingly was slated to be the Apollo 13 command module pilot until being pulled from the mission due to his exposure to rubella through Duke.-Backup crew:...

 mission.

The eroded outer rim of Anděl has been worn and distorted into a polygon

Polygon

In geometry a polygon is a flat shape consisting of straight lines that are joined to form a closed chain orcircuit.A polygon is traditionally a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments...

al shape, and is nearly non-existent to the south where Anděl G intersects the perimeter. The interior floor is nearly flat, with some irregularities to the southeast. There is a tiny craterlet located just to the southeast of the mid-point, but no central peak of any significance.

Anděl is the Czech

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

word for 'Angel'.

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 Anděl.

Anděl	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	10.8° S	11.3° E	14 km
C	9.0° S	11.2° E	3 km
D	10.8° S	11.7° E	6 km
E	12.0° S	12.2° E	6 km
F	8.3° S	11.1° E	9 km
G	11.0° S	12.4° E	4 km
H	6.7° S	11.3° E	6 km
J	7.5° S	11.4° E	6 km
K	5.8° S	11.6° E	4 km
M	9.7° S	11.1° E	27 km
N	10.2° S	11.4° E	8 km
P	11.6° S	12.3° E	19 km
S	11.4° S	12.7° E	4 km
T	11.2° S	13.3° E	4 km
W	12.4° S	12.3° E	12 km