Sampson is a relatively tiny

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located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer

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. To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner and to the southeast lies Timocharis. East of this crater is the Dorsum Grabau, a wrinkle ridge in the

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{{Commonscat, Sampson (lunar crater)
LTO-40B1 Sampson
— L&PI topographic orthophotomap of the crater and its vicinity. Impact craters on the Moon Mare Imbrium

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