Hawke is a

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impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact crater ...

that is located on the southern

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on the far side of the

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. It lies within the larger Grotrian, located to the north of the huge walled plain Schrödinger, within the radius of that formation's outer blanket of ejecta. The crater's name was approved by the

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on 16 March 2018. It is named after the American lunar scientist Bernard Ray Hawke (1946-2015).Hawke
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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Hawke Crater
LRO Camera team, Posted by David Portree on May 3, 2018 20:18 UTC. {{Authority control Impact craters on the Moon