Dove (crater)

Dove

LRO global mosaic image
Coordinates	46°42′S31°30′E / 46.7°S 31.5°E / -46.7; 31.5
Diameter	30 km
Depth	1.6 km
Colongitude	329° at sunrise
Eponym	Heinrich W. Dove

Dove is a lunar impact crater located in the rugged lunar highlands in the southeastern part of the Moon. It lies to the north of the prominent crater Pitiscus. It is named after Prussian physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove.

It is a heavily eroded crater with a rim that is overlaid by multiple smaller craters. In particular, the satellite crater Dove C has broken into the southwestern rim, and a gap joins the floor of the two formations. The southern rim has been struck by multiple small impacts that form a tight cluster across the rim. There are also several small craters along the northern rim. Dove's interior floor is relatively level and marked only by a few small craterlets.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Dove.

Dove	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	46.9° S	33.5° E	13 km
B	47.1° S	33.1° E	19 km
C	47.0° S	30.8° E	19 km
Z	44.5° S	29.2° E	8 km

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