Runge (crater)

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Runge
Runge crater AS15-M-0923.jpg
Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates 2°26′S86°49′E / 2.43°S 86.81°E / -2.43; 86.81 Coordinates: 2°26′S86°49′E / 2.43°S 86.81°E / -2.43; 86.81
Diameter 38.98 km
Depth 0.59 km
Colongitude 274° at sunrise
Eponym Carl D. T. Runge
Oblique view from Apollo 17 Runge crater AS17-P-2871.jpg
Oblique view from Apollo 17

Runge is a lunar impact crater in the Mare Smythii, along the eastern edge of the Moon. It lies less than one crater diameter to the north-northwest of the very similar crater Warner. To the west-northwest is Haldane, and due west is the smaller Talbot.

Runge has been almost completely submerged by basaltic lava, leaving only a low, ring-shaped feature in the lunar mare. The rim has a gap at the southern end, and a pair of small craters lie near the exterior to either side of this opening.

The depth of Runge from the lowest point in the northeastern quadrant to the highest point along the southern rim is approximately 590 meters. [1]

The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1973. [2]

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References

  1. LTO-81B2 Runge, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series, Defense Mapping Agency, Scale: 1:250,000. 1973.
  2. Runge, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)