Leeuwenhoek is a
lunar
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impact crater
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that lies in the
Moon
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's southern
hemisphere
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* A hemisphere of Earth
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** Southern Hemisphere
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** Western Hemisphere
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, on the
far side
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from the
Earth
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. It is located to the east of the crater
Birkeland and the unusual double crater
Van de Graaff. To the northeast of Leeuwenhoek is
Orlov and to the south is the large walled plain
Leibnitz
Leibnitz (Slovenian: ''Lipnica'') is a city in the Austrian state of Styria and on 1 Jan. 2017 had a population of 12,176. It is located to the south of the city of Graz, between the Mur and Sulm rivers.
The town is the capital of the Leibni ...
. It is named after
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
The outer rim of Leeuwenhoek is worn and eroded, forming an irregular mountainous ring about the relatively level interior floor. The inner wall is wider along the western and southern sides, offsetting the floor to the northeast. At the midpoint of the interior is a central peak formation. There are a pair of small craterlets on the floor and several tiny craters. Leeuwenhoek partly overlaps the satellite crater Leeuwenhoek E 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 Leeuwenhoek.
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Impact craters on the Moon
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