Pingré is a

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that is located near the southwest limb of the

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, beyond the large crater

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. It lies to the northwest of the huge walled basin Bailly, and to the east of the smaller

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. Due to its location, this crater appears foreshortened when viewed from the

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. The outer rim of this crater has become worn due to minor impacts, leaving the features rounded and irregular. The wall is nearly disintegrated in the southeast, and is overlain by a small crater along the eastern rim. The rim is also low and slumped to the northwest. The interior floor is relatively level, but marked by several small craters, which may be secondaries from Hausen or a more distal crater. These craters occur near the midpoint of the floor where a central peak may once have existed. Pingré lies to the southeast of the

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, a 630 km wide impact basin of

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age.

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 Pingré. The following craters have been renamed by the

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. * Pingré H — ''See'' Yakovkin.

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