Schiaparelli is a
lunar
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impact crater located on the western part of the
Oceanus Procellarum, to the west of the crater
Herodotus. The rim is relatively sharp-edged and relatively free from impact wear. The inner walls have slumped to form a shelf around much of the sides. The interior floor is somewhat irregular, but free from impacts of note.
This crater lies in a relatively flat and featureless part of the
mare, although a
ray streak from the distant crater
Glushko passes along the southeastern edge of the rim, making it easy to identify. A low
wrinkle ridge
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runs from the north rim of the crater to the north. Within the crater is a low central rise.
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 Schiaparelli.
The following craters have been renamed by the
IAU
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.
* Schiaparelli B — ''See''
Zinner (crater)
Zinner is a tiny Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located due north of the crater Schiaparelli (lunar crater), Schiaparelli on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is circular and cup-shaped, with a high albedo in comparison to the surrounding lunar mare ...
.
* Schiaparelli D — ''See''
Golgi (crater)
Golgi is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the Oceanus Procellarum, over 150 kilometers to the north of the crater Schiaparelli. It is a circular, cup-shaped impact formation with an interior albedo that is higher than the surrounding dark l ...
.
File:Schiaparelli A crater 4162 h3.jpg, Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Schiaparelli A
File:Zinner crater 4162 h3.jpg, Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Zinner (Schiaparelli B)
File:Schiaparelli C crater 4162 h3.jpg, Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Schiaparelli C
File:Golgi crater 4162 h3.jpg, Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Golgi (Schiaparelli D)
File:Schiaparelli E crater 4162 h3.jpg, Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Schiaparelli E
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Impact craters on the Moon