Eckert (moon crater)
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| position | 17.27 ° N , 58.36 ° E | |
| diameter | 3 km | |
| Card sheet | 44 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Wallace John Eckert (1902–1971) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Eckert is a very small, remote impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Crisium . It forms a circular pit in the dark surface of the surrounding mare . To the west, the outlines of a sea ridge can be seen on the surface , which, however, only emerge clearly when the sunlight falls at an angle. Craters of some importance nearby are in the west-northwest direction Peirce and in the southwest Picard . These two craters are also located in the Mare Crisium basin .