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Debes (crater)

Coordinates: 29°30′N 51°42′E / 29.5°N 51.7°E / 29.5; 51.7
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Debes
Coordinates29°30′N 51°42′E / 29.5°N 51.7°E / 29.5; 51.7
Diameter30 km
Colongitude309° at sunrise
EponymErnst Debes [de]

Debes is a lunar impact crater that is located to the north of the Mare Crisium, in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It was named after German cartographer Ernst Debes [de].[1] It lies just to the northwest of the crater Tralles and the prominent Cleomedes.

This crater is joined to the oval-shaped Debes A through a break in the southern rim. The latter crater is joined along its western rim by Debes B, so that the result is a triple-crater formation. The surviving part of Debes is somewhat eroded and rounded, when compared to the sharper-rimmed Tralles, and the interior floor is relatively level and featureless.

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Debes.

Debes Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 28.8° N 51.5° E 33 km
B 29.0° N 50.6° E 19 km

References

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  1. ^ "Debes (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.