Rutherford (lunar crater)
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Rutherford is a small lunar
impact crater
that lies on the Moon
's far side. It is located just to the north-northwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev
. To the east of Rutherford is the equally diminutive crater Glauber
, and to the west-northwest lies Hoffmeister
.
This crater has a roughly pear-shaped outline, with an elongated section at the north-northwestern end. The rim edge is well-defined and the inner walls are simple slopes that run down to the small interior floor.
Not to be confused with the Rutherfurd crater.
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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...
that lies on 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...
's far side. It is located just to the north-northwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev
Mendeleev (crater)
Mendeleev is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, as seen from the Earth. The southern rim of this walled plain just crosses the lunar equator. Intruding into the eastern rim of Mendeleev is the crater Schuster...
. To the east of Rutherford is the equally diminutive crater Glauber
Glauber (crater)
Glauber is a small lunar crater that is located just to the north of the large walled plain Mendeleev, on the Moon's far side. This crater lies just outside the irregular rim of Mendeleev, but well within the outer skirt of ejecta. It is a circular crater with a rim that has not been significantly...
, and to the west-northwest lies Hoffmeister
Hoffmeister (crater)
Hoffmeister is a lunar crater that is located on the Moon's far side, to the northwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev. Some distance to the north of Hoffmeister lies the crater Siedentopf, and to the west-northwest is Gavrilov....
.
This crater has a roughly pear-shaped outline, with an elongated section at the north-northwestern end. The rim edge is well-defined and the inner walls are simple slopes that run down to the small interior floor.
Not to be confused with the Rutherfurd crater.