Baldet (lunar crater)
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Baldet is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies in the lava-flooded region between the craters Cori to the north, Stoney to the southwest, and the worn walled plain Minkowski to the southeast.
Coordinates | 53.3°S 151.1°W / -53.3; -151.1 |
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Diameter | 55 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 153° at sunrise |
Eponym | Fernand Baldet |
The rim of Baldet is low and worn, but generally retains its original circular shape. There is a slight outward bulge along the northwest rim, and the western interior wall is wider than elsewhere.
The flat, nearly featureless interior has been flooded by lava, and has a lower albedo than the surroundings giving is a darker hue. A smaller crater has broken into the eastern rim, leaving a gap where the two craters intersect that has been covered in lava. A similar-sized ghost crater lies just inside the northern rim, producing a raised ring in the crater surface. Another such formation lies just outside the southern rim of Baldet.