Zinner is a tiny
lunar
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Lunar may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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* "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta
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impact crater located due north of the crater
Schiaparelli on the
Oceanus Procellarum. It is circular and cup-shaped, with a high
albedo
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in comparison to the surrounding
lunar mare. The crater has essentially no rim because the mare lava nearly flooded it. A
ray
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from the crater
Glushko crosses Zinner. To the northwest is the slightly larger crater
Golgi. East of Zinner is the
Dorsa Burnet
Dorsa Burnet are wrinkle ridges at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. They are about 194 km long and were named after Thomas Burnet by the IAU in 1976.wrinkle ridge
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system.
This feature was previously designated Schiaparelli B before being given a name by the
IAU
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Impact craters on the Moon