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Faraday

Lunar crater

Placelunar craterQ1101058

Also known as Faraday (cr

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Faraday is an irregular lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon. It lies across the southeast rim of the larger crater Stöfler, and the northwest rim of Faraday forms a wide rampart across the otherwise flat floor of Stöfler. To the east of Faraday is Maurolycus.

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Located on astronomical body: Moon
Named after: Michael Faraday(since 1935)
Vertical depth: 4,100 m
Location: LQ27
Diameter: 69 km
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1.Stated in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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-42.4500, 8.7500OpenStreetMap ↗

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