Darney (crater)
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Darney is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the region of the Moon where the Mare Nubium joins the Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after French astronomer Maurice Darney [fr].[1] To the south is the lava-flooded crater Lubiniezky. The southern rim of Darney is attached to a series of low ridges that extend to the southwest.
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Coordinates | 14.5°S 23.5°W / -14.5; -23.5 |
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Diameter | 15 km |
Depth | 2.6 km |
Colongitude | 24° at sunrise |
Eponym | Maurice Darney [fr] |
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This is a bowl-shaped formation with a small interior floor at the midpoint of the sloping inner walls. The crater has a relatively high albedo compared to the surrounding dark lunar mare, and the crater is at the focus of a small ray system extending for 110 kilometers.