Lansberg (crater)
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Lansberg is a lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus to Reinhold, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.
Coordinates | 0.3°S 26.6°W / -0.3; -26.6 |
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Diameter | 39 km |
Depth | 3.1 km |
Colongitude | 26° at sunrise |
Eponym | Philippe van Lansberge |
The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has sometimes been written "Landsberg" instead. It is named for the Belgian/Dutch astronomer Philippe van Lansberge.[1]
Lansberg is a crater of Upper (Late) Imbrian age.[2]
Approximately 40 km to the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5 probe, and a further 60 km in the same direction is the landing site of Surveyor 3 and Apollo 12.[3]