Knox-Shaw (crater)
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Coordinates | 5°18′N 80°12′E / 5.3°N 80.2°ECoordinates: 5°18′N 80°12′E / 5.3°N 80.2°E |
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Diameter | 12 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 280° at sunrise |
Eponym | Harold Knox-Shaw |
Knox-Shaw is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, and lies on the eastern floor of the walled plain Banachiewicz.
Knox-Shaw is a bowl-shaped formation of the type that is found over much of the lunar surface. The rim is circular and the inner walls slope down to a small interior floor at the midpoint. It is not significantly eroded and has no other distinguishing features.
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