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Ansgarius

Lunar impact crater

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Ansgarius is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. When viewed from the Earth, the crater has a highly oval shape due to foreshortening, but the rim is actually nearly circular. To the northwest of Ansgarius is the crater La Pérouse, and south is Behaim.

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Located on astronomical body: Moon
Named after: Ansgar(since 1935)
Vertical depth: 4,190 m
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1.Stated in Atlas of the Lunar Terminator
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Location: LQ21
Diameter: 91.4 km
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1.Stated in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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-12.9200, 79.7200OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDb. (2026). Ansgarius (Q569749). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/ansgarius-Q569749