Ginzel is a
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impact crater
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that is located on the
far side
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of the
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, just beyond the eastern limb. It is named after the Austrian
astronomer
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Friedrich Karl Ginzel
Friedrich Karl Ginzel (26 February 1850 – 29 June 1926) was an Austrian astronomer.
From 1877 Ginzel worked at the observatory in Vienna. In 1886, he became a member of the Königlichen Astronomischen Recheninstituts in Berlin, where he was of ...
.
It lies at the eastern edge of the
Mare Marginis
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, in a region of the surface that is sometimes brought into sight of the
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due to
libration
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. To the north-northeast of Ginzel is the crater
Popov
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, and
Dreyer
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lies due south.
![Dreyer crater Ginzel crater AS14-71-9889](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Dreyer_crater_Ginzel_crater_AS14-71-9889.jpg)
Much of the rim and interior of Ginzel have been flooded, leaving only a faint trace of the rim in the otherwise relatively level surface. The western rim projects more prominently above the surrounding irregular plain. The flooded satellite crater Ginzel L is attached to the southern part of the rim, and a small craterlet lies across the rim to the north. Within the interior is a pair of joined small craterlets in the western half. The interior is otherwise nearly featureless.
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 Ginzel.
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Impact craters on the Moon