Carlini is a small

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located in the

Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium (Latin ''imbrium'', the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", "Sea of Tears") is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the colli ...

. It was named after Italian astronomer

Francesco Carlini Francesco Carlini (January 7, 1783 – August 29, 1862) was an Italian astronomer. Born in Milan, he became director of the Brera Astronomical Observatory there in 1832. He published ''Nuove tavole de moti apparenti del sole'' in 1832. In 1810 ...

. The crater is bowl-shaped with a small central floor. It has a higher

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than the surrounding

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, making it prominent due to its isolated location. To the south is a

wrinkle ridge A wrinkle ridge is a type of feature commonly found on lunar maria, or basalt plains. These features are low, sinuous ridges formed on the mare surface that can extend for up to several hundred kilometers. Wrinkle ridges are tectonic features cr ...

named

Dorsum Zirkel Oblique view of Dorsum Zirkel from Apollo 15, taken at a low sun angle Dorsum Zirkel is a wrinkle ridge at northeast of Mons La Hire in Mare Imbrium on the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest ...

, and farther south lies the peak

Mons La Hire Mons La Hire is a solitary lunar mountain in the western Mare Imbrium. It is located to the northeast of the crater Euler, and to the west-northwest of Lambert. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 27.8° N, 25.5° W, and it has ...

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 Carlini. The following craters have been renamed by the

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. * Carlini B — ''See''

McDonald (crater) McDonald is a small lunar impact crater located in the central Mare Imbrium. It was named after American benefactor William Johnson McDonald and Scottish selenographer Thomas Logie MacDonald. This crater is a cup-shaped feature with a circular rim ...

. File:Carlini D crater 4127 h1.jpg, Carlini D

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