Fleming (Moon)

Named after Alexander Fleming - British doctor, Nobel laureate (1881-1955) and Williamina Paton Fleming - Scottish-born American astronomer (1857-1911).

Fleming is a large lunar crater that is located , and cannot be seen from the Earth. It lies about a crater diameter to the east-northeast of Hertz, and to the northwest of Lobachevskiy. The low rim of this formation is heavily eroded and overlaid by multiple smaller craters. The most notable of these is Fleming N along the southern rim, while another, only slightly smaller crater cuts across the lower eastern rim. (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 97 km

Fleming W

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1 Hour 31 Minutes
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1 Day 20 Hours

N 109 km

Deutsch

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1 Hour 43 Minutes
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2 Days 1 Hour

NE 98 km

Chang Heng(last)

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1 Hour 32 Minutes
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1 Day 20 Hours

W 143 km

Hertz

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2 Hours 14 Minutes
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2 Days 17 Hours

Fleming

14.91° N 109.28° E

E 188 km

Guyot W

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2 Hours 56 Minutes
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3 Days 13 Hours

SW 148 km

Al-Khwarizmi T

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2 Hours 18 Minutes
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2 Days 19 Hours

S 101 km

Al-Khwarizmi(next)

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1 Hour 34 Minutes
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1 Day 22 Hours

SE 127 km

Lobachevskiy

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1 Hour 59 Minutes
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2 Days 10 Hours

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