Waterman (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Waterman (upper right) and Neujmin craters from Apollo 15. "NASA photo".
latitude=25.9
N_or_S=S
longitude=128.0
E_or_W=E
diameter=76 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=232
eponym=Alan T. Waterman

Waterman is a lunar crater that is located on the Moon's far side, and can not be viewed directly from the Earth. It is near the prominent Tsiolkovskiy crater, along the southern outer ramparts. Almost attached to the southwest is Neujmin crater, so that Waterman lies straddled between these two features.

The outer rim of Waterman has been somewhat modified by its proximity to Tsiolkovskiy to the north, and it now forms a slightly oval shape. The rim edge is worn and irregular, and "ejecta" material has been carried into the northern interior floor. There are a pair of lower albedo patches in the southern interior, which are typically characteristic of basaltic-lava deposits. A few low ridges lie about the center and also to the east of the mid-point.

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