Lippershey is a relatively tiny lunar

Moon

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 impact 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...

 located in the southeast section of the Mare Nubium

Mare Nubium

Mare Nubium is a lunar mare in the Nubium basin on the Moon's near side. The mare is located just to the southeast of Oceanus Procellarum. The actual basin is believed to be of Pre-Nectarian system, with the surrounding basin material being of the Lower Imbrian epoch. The mare material is of the...

. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature surrounded by the lunar mare

Lunar mare

The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...

. Lippershey lies to the northeast of the crater Pitatus

Pitatus (crater)

Pitatus is an ancient lunar impact crater located at the southern edge of Mare Nubium. Joined to the northwest rim is the crater Hesiodus, and the two are joined by a narrow cleft. To the south lie the attached Wurzelbauer and Gauricus....

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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 the closest to Lippershey.

Lippershey	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
K	26.7° S	11.4° W	2 km
L	25.7° S	11.7° W	3 km
M	24.3° S	10.9° W	2 km
N	24.5° S	9.5° W	3 km
P	26.3° S	8.3° W	2 km
R	26.6° S	10.1° W	4 km
T	25.2° S	11.1° W	5 km