Love (crater)
2129819
216266556
2008-05-31T21:48:17Z
190.21.213.181
{{lunar crater data|
latitude=6.5|
N_or_S=S|
longitude=131.3|
E_or_W=E|
diameter=54 km|
depth=''Unknown''|
colong=228|
eponym=[[Augustus Edward Hough Love|Augustus E. H. Love]]}}
'''Love''' is a [[Moon|lunar]] [[impact crater]] on the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of the [[Moon]]. It is located just to the north of the [[Perepelkin (lunar crater)|Perepelkin crater]]. The [[Prager (crater)|Prager crater]] is nearly contacting the northeastern rim. To the northwest is [[Becvar (crater)|Bečvář crater]].
This is an eroded crater formation with several smaller craters along the rim. A chain of three small craters lie across the western rim and inner wall, and a crater cuts across the eastern rim. The inner walls have been worn and their features softened by impacts and possibly ''ejecta'' from other craters. The northern portion of the interior floor contains a considerable number of small and tiny craterlets that nearly form a continuous carpet in places. The southern floor is less impacted, with only a few tiny craterlets.
==Satellite craters==
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Love crater.
{| class="wikitable"
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Love
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter
|-
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|6.9° S
|align="center"|130.4° E
|align="center"|29 km
|-
|align="center"|T
|align="center"|6.0° S
|align="center"|126.1° E
|align="center"|13 km
|-
|align="center"|U
|align="center"|5.9° S
|align="center"|127.8° E
|align="center"|12 km
|}
==References==
{{Lunar crater references}}
==External links==
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?35 Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number I-136-H2]
[[Category:Craters on the Moon]]
[[es:Love (cráter lunar)]]
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