Baldet is a
lunar
Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon".
Lunar may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''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
As half of the Earth
* A hemisphere of Earth
** Northern Hemisphere
** Southern Hemisphere
** Eastern Hemisphere
** Western Hemisphere
** Land and water hemispheres
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on the
far side
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of the
Moon
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. It lies in the
lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...
-flooded region between the craters
Cori
Cori or CORI may refer to:
* Cori cycle, the metabolic pathway where lactic acid produced in the muscles is converted into glucose in the liver
* Cori (lunar crater)
* Cori, a crater on Venus
* Cori (name)
* ''Cori, de Scheepsjongen'' (''Cori, the ...
to the north,
Stoney to the southwest, and the worn walled plain
Minkowski to the southeast.
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
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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
A palimpsest , in planetary astronomy, is an ancient crater that has been degraded over time. They may also be referred to as "ghost craters", "degraded craters", "buried craters", or "pathological craters". Palimpsests have been identified on ...
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.
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 Baldet.
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{{Craters on the Moon: A–B
Impact craters on the Moon