MacMillan (crater)

MacMillan

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates	24°12′N 7°48′E / 24.2°N 7.8°ECoordinates: 24°12′N 7°48′E / 24.2°N 7.8°E
Diameter	8 km
Depth	0.4 km
Colongitude	8° at sunrise
Eponym	William D. MacMillan

MacMillan is a bowl-shaped lunar impact crater on the eastern fringes of the Mare Imbrium. It is located just to the southwest of a lone rise, near the southwestern edge of the Montes Archimedes. This is a cup-shaped depression in the surface with an interior albedo that matches the nearby lunar mare. The edges of the rim have a somewhat higher albedo. It shows some indications of a concentric crater.^[1]

This crater was previously identified as Archimedes F before being named by the IAU.

External links

• Beer Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap, LTO41A4, May 1974

References

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