Büsching (crater)

Büsching is a lunar impact crater that is located in the crater-covered southern highlands of the Moon. It was named after German geographer Anton F. Büsching. The similar-sized crater Buch is located adjacent to its southwestern rim, and further to the southwest lies Maurolycus.

Büsching
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates38.0°S 20.0°E / -38.0; 20.0
Diameter52 km
Depth1.7 km
Colongitude343° at sunrise
EponymAnton F. Büsching

This crater has been eroded by a long history of subsequent impacts, so that the rim has been worn down and the edge rounded. Several small craterlets lie along the edge of the rim, and there is a tiny crater on the interior floor near the east-southeastern rim. The interior floor is somewhat irregular and lacks a central peak at the midpoint.

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