Letronne (crater)
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| Coordinates | 10°36′S 42°24′W / 10.6°S 42.4°WCoordinates: 10°36′S 42°24′W / 10.6°S 42.4°W |
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| Diameter | 120 km |
| Depth | 1.0 km |
| Colongitude | 42° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Jean A. Letronne |
Letronne is the lava-flooded remnant of a lunar crater. The northern part of the rim is completely missing, and opens into the Oceanus Procellarum, forming a bay along the southwestern shore. The formation is located to the northwest of the large crater Gassendi.To the west-southwest is the flooded crater Billy, and north-northwest lies the smaller Flamsteed.
The surviving rim of Letronne is now little more than a semi-circular series of ridges. The flooded, broken rim of Winthrop overlies the western wall. The rim is the most intact along the eastern stretch, forming a mountainous promontory into the mare. A small cluster of central rises lie at the midpoint of the crater. A wrinkle ridge traverses the floor from north to south, and outline a portion of the missing rim. The crater floor is otherwise nearly smooth and relatively free of craterlets, with the exception of Letronne B near the southeast rim.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Letronne.
The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
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