Plana F (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Plana

Named after Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana - Italian astronomer, geometrician (1781-1864).

Plana is a lunar crater that lies on the boundary. It is joined to the crater Mason to the east by a short stretch of rugged ground. Due north in the midst of the Lacus Mortis is the prominent crater Bürg. This is a crater with a slender outer rim that has been worn and eroded by impacts. (wikipedia entry)