Cabannes (crater)

Cabannes is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The rim has been worn by subsequent impacts, with a smaller crater overlying the southern rim. However the formation has not been significantly reshaped by nearby craters.

Cabannes
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image
Coordinates60.9°S 169.6°W / -60.9; -169.6
Diameter80 km
DepthUnknown
Colongitude172° at sunrise
EponymJean Cabannes

The satellite crater Cabannes J is attached to the southeast rim, and lies between Cabannes and the heavily impacted crater Berlage. Just to the east is the crater Bellinsgauzen, and to the south is the large walled plain Antoniadi.

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