Weinek (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	27.5° S, 37.0° E
Diameter	32 km
Depth	3.4 km
Colongitude	323° at sunrise
Eponym	Ladislaus Weinek

Weinek is a small lunar crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon, to the south of the Mare Nectaris. It lies about one crater diameter to the east-northeast of the prominent Piccolomini crater. To the southeast is Neander crater.

The outer rim of this formation has undergone some wear, but the general circular form is still distinct. A triple cluster of small craters lies across the northern rim and inner wall, and there is a small craterlets along the southern rim. The inner walls are generally even and slope directly down to the interior floor, with the exception of some irregularity to the south-southeast. The interior floor is marked only by a small craterlet to the southeast of the mid-point.

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Weinek crater.

Weinek	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	26.9° S	35.5° E	10 km
B	26.9° S	38.2° E	11 km
D	26.0° S	36.6° E	9 km
E	25.3° S	37.5° E	9 km
F	25.1° S	38.2° E	4 km
G	26.9° S	39.0° E	15 km
H	28.6° S	38.5° E	6 km
K	28.9° S	38.4° E	17 km
L	26.1° S	39.7° E	9 km
M	25.8° S	40.0° E	6 km

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