Kreiken (moon crater)
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| position | 9.09 ° S , 84.5 ° E | |
| diameter | 27 km | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kreiken is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the moon's front . Because of this location, the area is only visible in a strongly distorted manner, if at all. The crater is south of Mare Smythii , southeast of Kästner crater and northeast of Ansgarius . It is irregularly shaped and badly eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the Dutch astronomer Egbert Adriaan Kreiken .