Alekhin is a
lunar
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* ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games
* "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta
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impact crater
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that is located on the southern
hemisphere
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* A half of a sphere
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* A hemisphere of Earth
** Northern Hemisphere
** Southern Hemisphere
** Eastern Hemisphere
** Western Hemisphere
** Land and water hemispheres
* A half of the (geocentric) celes ...
on the
far side
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of the
Moon
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. It lies to the north of the crater
Zeeman, and south-southeast of
Fizeau
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. To the west lies
Crommelin Crommelin may refer to:
People
* Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865–1939), British astronomer
* Bill Crommelin (1903–1998), Australian politician
* Charles Crommelin (1717–1788), British colonial administrator, Governor of Bombay
* ...
, and east-southeast is
Doerfel.
The rim of Alekhin has been heavily eroded by subsequent impacts to the point where the edge is little more than a curving rise in the surface. The outer wall is completely overlain by the crater pair formed by
crater Dawson across the northwest rim and Dawson D on the northern rim. The southern rim is somewhat more heavily marked by gouges and irregularities in the surface, compared to the northeast rim. On the floor are a number of tiny craterlets.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Alekhin.
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{{Craters on the Moon: A–B
Impact craters on the Moon