Eichstadt is a

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impact crater that is located in the eastern section of the

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range that encircles the Mare Orientale impact basin. It lies toward the southwestern limb of the

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, and so appears oblong when viewed from the

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due to foreshortening. Over 200 kilometers to the east of Eichstadt are the craters Darwin and Lamarck, and to the south is Krasnov. The rim of this crater is well-defined and forms a somewhat uneven circle. There are slight outward bulges in the perimeter to the south-southeast, southwest, and to the north. There are some

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s along the inner wall and the top edge is slumped. In the central part of the interior floor is a cluster of low, rugged ridges. The crater is named after German mathematician and astronomer

Lorentz Eichstadt Lorentz Eichstadt (10 August 1596 – 8 June 1660) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He was a doctor of medicine in Szczecin in Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a hi ...

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 Eichstadt.

References

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