Blagg (crater)

Blagg
Coordinates 1°18′N 1°30′E / 1.3°N 1.5°E / 1.3; 1.5Coordinates: 1°18′N 1°30′E / 1.3°N 1.5°E / 1.3; 1.5
Diameter 5.4 km
Depth 0.9 km
Colongitude 359° at sunrise
Eponym Mary A. Blagg
Oblique view facing west with Bruce at center and Blagg below center, from Apollo 10

Blagg is a tiny lunar impact crater located on the Sinus Medii. It is a circular crater with no appreciable erosion. About 90 km east-southeast is the irregular crater Rhaeticus, and about 100 km northeast lies Triesnecker. It is about 33 km to the east of the slightly larger Bruce.. From the floor of this crater the Earth always appears at the zenith.

It was named after noted English astronomer Mary Adela Blagg.

Its diameter is 5.4 km long and is 900 meters deep. Also, the area is around 20 km² and the perimeter is around 17 km.

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