Reinhold (crater)
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Reinhold is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Copernicus, on the Mare Insularum. It was named after 16th century German astronomer and mathematician Erasmus Reinhold.[1] To the southwest is the slightly smaller crater Lansberg.
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Coordinates | 3.28°N 22.86°W / 3.28; -22.86 |
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Diameter | 43.28 km |
Depth | 3.3 km |
Colongitude | 23° at sunrise |
Eponym | Erasmus Reinhold |
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The interior walls are terraced and the irregular outer ramparts are visible against the flat surface of the mare. The interior floor is relatively featureless, with only a few low rises. Just to the northeast is a low, flooded crater designated Reinhold B.
Reinhold is a crater of Eratosthenian age.[2]