Nobel (crater)
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Nobel is a crater
that lies on the far side of the Moon
. It is located in the northern edge of the vast skirt of ejecta surrounding the Mare Orientale
impact basin. Less than three crater diameters to the south of Nobel is the larger crater Elvey
, and to the west-southwest is the smaller Pease
. This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with a worn outer rim. Three smaller craters overlie the northern rim. The interior floor is relatively level, and is marked by several small and tiny craterlets.
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
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. It is located in the northern edge of the vast skirt of ejecta surrounding the Mare Orientale
Mare Orientale
Mare Orientale is one of the most striking large scale lunar features, resembling a target ring bull's-eye. Located on the extreme western edge of the lunar nearside, this impact basin is difficult to see from an Earthbound perspective.Material from this basin was not sampled by the Apollo program...
impact basin. Less than three crater diameters to the south of Nobel is the larger crater Elvey
Elvey (crater)
Elvey is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It is located near the northern edge of the blanket of ejecta that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. To the north of Elvey is the smaller crater Nobel....
, and to the west-southwest is the smaller Pease
Pease (crater)
Pease is a lunar impact crater that lies in the north-northwestern edge of the huge skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. It lies just over one crater diameter to the east of the smaller crater Butlerov. To the east-northeast of Pease is the somewhat larger Nobel.This is a...
. This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with a worn outer rim. Three smaller craters overlie the northern rim. The interior floor is relatively level, and is marked by several small and tiny craterlets.
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 Nobel.| Nobel | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 17.3° N | 99.5° W | 24 km |
| K | 13.1° N | 100.2° W | 20 km |
| L | 12.5° N | 100.9° W | 38 km |