Meggers (crater)
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Meggers is an impact crater
that lies on the far side of the Moon
. Nearby craters of note include Olcott
to the southwest, and Innes
and Seyfert
farther away to the northwest. To the east lies Vernadskiy
.
The rim of Meggers is roughly circular in form, with slight outward bulges to the southeast and northeast. The crater merges with a comparably sized formation to the northwest, and the intervening rim is somewhat irregular in form. The interior floor of Meggers is slightly irregular.
To the west is the crater Meggers S, a formation almost as large as Meggers itself. It has a rough interior and a tiny crater lies across the southern rim.
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 on the far side of the Moon
Moon
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. Nearby craters of note include Olcott
Olcott (crater)
Olcott is a relatively fresh crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southeast of the craters Seyfert and Polzunov, and to the north of Kostinskiy....
to the southwest, and Innes
Innes (crater)
Innes is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is located less than a crater diameter to the east-southeast of the prominent crater Seyfert. To the southeast of Innes is the crater Meggers, and to the west-southwest lies Polzunov....
and Seyfert
Seyfert (crater)
Seyfert is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies behind the eastern limb of the Moon, to the east of the crater Espin...
farther away to the northwest. To the east lies Vernadskiy
Vernadskiy (crater)
Vernadskiy is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon, behind the visible eastern limb. It lies to the west-northwest of the smaller crater Siedentopf. To the south is Gavrilov, and much farther to the west is Meggers....
.
The rim of Meggers is roughly circular in form, with slight outward bulges to the southeast and northeast. The crater merges with a comparably sized formation to the northwest, and the intervening rim is somewhat irregular in form. The interior floor of Meggers is slightly irregular.
To the west is the crater Meggers S, a formation almost as large as Meggers itself. It has a rough interior and a tiny crater lies across the southern rim.
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 Meggers.| Meggers | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 24.0° N | 119.8° E | 42 km |