Talbot (crater)

Talbot

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates	2°28′S85°18′E / 2.47°S 85.30°E / -2.47; 85.30
Diameter	12.36 km
Depth	0.41 km [1]
Colongitude	275° at sunrise
Eponym	William H. F. Talbot

Talbot is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies between a pair of larger, flooded craters, with Runge to the west and Haldane to the west-northwest. The crater is entirely surrounded by the dark lunar mare. It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with an almost featureless interior floor. The outer rim has a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, but the floor is as dark as the mare.

The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1976. ^[2]

References

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

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