Finsen (Moon)

Named after Niels Ryberg Finsen - Danish phototherapist; Nobel laureate (1860-1904).

Finsen is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere,. It is attached to the southeastern exterior of the walled plain Leibnitz, and the ejecta from Finsen covers the southeastern part of Leibnitz's interior floor. To the southwest is another walled plain, Von Kármán, partly overlain by Leibnitz. This is a young impact crater with well-defined features that have not been significantly eroded by subsequent impacts. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.

NW 151 km

Leibnitz(next)

MRV
2 Hours 22 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 20 Hours

N 339 km

Oppenheimer V

MRV
5 Hours 17 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 10 Hours

NE 156 km

Davisson(last)

MRV
2 Hours 26 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 22 Hours

W 317 km

Leibnitz S

MRV
4 Hours 57 Minutes
Walking
6 Days

Finsen

-42.29° N 182.28° E

E 212 km

Maksutov U

MRV
3 Hours 18 Minutes
Walking
4 Days

SW 194 km

Von Kármán

MRV
3 Hours 2 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 16 Hours

S 192 km

Alder

MRV
3 Hours
Walking
3 Days 15 Hours

SE 220 km

Nishina

MRV
3 Hours 26 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 4 Hours

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