Lewis (crater)

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Lewis
Lewis crater WAC.jpg
LRO WAC image
Coordinates 18°30′S113°48′W / 18.5°S 113.8°W / -18.5; -113.8 Coordinates: 18°30′S113°48′W / 18.5°S 113.8°W / -18.5; -113.8
Diameter 42 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 107° at sunrise
Eponym Gilbert N. Lewis
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west Lewis crater 5015 h1.jpg
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west

Lewis is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Montes Cordillera mountains that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin. This crater has been heavily disrupted by the formation of the basin, and it is covered by ejecta from the impact leaving only an uneven depression in the surface. The outer rim is roughly circular, and the interior is uneven.

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