Hagen (crater)
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Hagen is a lunar
crater
on the far side of the Moon
. It lies to the north of the huge walled plain Planck
, and south-southwest of the crater Pauli
.
This is a very eroded crater with an outer rim that has been worn and broken in several places by overlapping craters. Hagen J is attached to what remains of the southeastern rim, and Hagen S crosses the rim to the west. On the interior floor, Hagen C lies just to the southeast of the mid-point. There are small craterlets along the inner edge to the south and west. The floor is pock-marked by tiny craterlets, but is otherwise relatively featureless.
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...
on the far side 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...
. It lies to the north of the huge walled plain Planck
Planck (crater)
Planck is a huge lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere of the Moon, on the far side as seen from the Earth. It lies to the west of the walled plain Poincaré, another enormous formation only slightly larger than Planck. Both formations are larger than the walled plain Bailly, the...
, and south-southwest of the crater Pauli
Pauli (crater)
Pauli is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. It lies about halfway between the lunar equator and southern pole, across the southern rim of the larger walled plain Roche....
.
This is a very eroded crater with an outer rim that has been worn and broken in several places by overlapping craters. Hagen J is attached to what remains of the southeastern rim, and Hagen S crosses the rim to the west. On the interior floor, Hagen C lies just to the southeast of the mid-point. There are small craterlets along the inner edge to the south and west. The floor is pock-marked by tiny craterlets, but is otherwise relatively featureless.
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 Hagen.| Hagen | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 48.0° S | 135.5° E | 22 km |
| J | 49.0° S | 137.2° E | 47 km |
| P | 52.1° S | 133.7° E | 26 km |
| Q | 50.0° S | 132.7° E | 20 km |
| S | 48.3° S | 133.2° E | 23 km |
| V | 47.1° S | 132.2° E | 12 km |