Hind 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 craters ...

that lies to the southeast of the walled plain

Hipparchus Hipparchus (; el, Ἵππαρχος, ''Hipparkhos''; BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry, but is most famous for his incidental discovery of the precession of the equi ...

, and due east of the crater

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. Its diameter is 29 km. It was named after British astronomer

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. The rim of Hind is relatively free of wear and distortion, except for a break at the north rim. The floor of Hind is relatively uneven, however, compared to the interior of Halley. Hind and the craters Hipparchus C and Hipparchus L form a line with diminishing diameters that point to the northeast.

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 Hind.

References

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External links

Hind at The Moon Wiki
* {{cite web, last = Wood , first = Chuck , date = May 27, 2007 , url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070527 , title = Drawings , publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day , url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070527, archive-date=June 14, 2011 - includes Hind crater Impact craters on the Moon