Brashear (lunar crater)
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Brashear is a lunar
crater
on the far side of the Moon
, in the southern hemisphere
in the vicinity of the south pole. It lies just to the south of the walled plain Antoniadi
, within the larger crater's outer rampart of ejecta. To the northeast besides Antoniadi is the crater Numerov
, and southeast lies the younger De Forest
.
This formation is little more than a shallow depression in the lunar surface, its features eroded and blanketed by the ejecta from the relatively fresh crater Antoniadi just to the north.
The satellite crater Brashear P lies to the south-southwest. This formation is a heavily worn crater with features that have been almost completely worn away by subsequent impacts. Connected to the southern rim of this crater is a series of valleys and impact craters leading a couple of hundred kilometres to the east.
Moon
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crater
Impact crater
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on the far side of the Moon
Moon
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, in the southern hemisphere
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in the vicinity of the south pole. It lies just to the south of the walled plain Antoniadi
Antoniadi (lunar crater)
Antoniadi is a large lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The crater intrudes into the southeastern rim of the crater Minnaert, a slightly smaller formation that is significantly more eroded. Attached to the eastern rim of Antoniadi is Numerov,...
, within the larger crater's outer rampart of ejecta. To the northeast besides Antoniadi is the crater Numerov
Numerov (crater)
Numerov is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, deep in the southern hemisphere. It is attached to the larger and younger crater Antoniadi to the west, and the outer rampart of Antoniadi overlies the inner wall and part of the western interior floor of Numerov...
, and southeast lies the younger De Forest
De Forest (crater)
De Forest is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the far southern hemisphere, to the west of the large walled plain Zeeman and due south of the crater Numerov...
.
This formation is little more than a shallow depression in the lunar surface, its features eroded and blanketed by the ejecta from the relatively fresh crater Antoniadi just to the north.
The satellite crater Brashear P lies to the south-southwest. This formation is a heavily worn crater with features that have been almost completely worn away by subsequent impacts. Connected to the southern rim of this crater is a series of valleys and impact craters leading a couple of hundred kilometres to the east.
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 Brashear.| Brashear | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 76.8° S | 175.7° W | 71 km |