Roberts (crater)

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Roberts
Normal roberts-clem1.jpg
Clementine mosaic
Coordinates 71°06′N174°30′W / 71.1°N 174.5°W / 71.1; -174.5 Coordinates: 71°06′N174°30′W / 71.1°N 174.5°W / 71.1; -174.5
Diameter 89 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 177° at sunrise
Eponym

Roberts is a lunar impact crater that is located in the far northern latitudes on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the east-southeast of the crater Karpinskiy, and to the northwest of Sommerfeld. To the north is Thiessen.

This is a heavily worn and eroded crater with a rounded outer rim that is incised and damaged by multiple smaller craters. Little of the original rim still remains besides a rounded and irregular ridge in the surface. The interior floor is also marked by a number of small craters, the most notable being a crater near the south-southeastern inner wall.

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 Roberts.

RobertsLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
M68.2° N174.3° W46 km
N69.0° N176.3° W49 km
P67.4° N178.7° E30 km
Q68.9° N177.3° E19 km
R69.9° N178.4° E59 km

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