Büsching (crater)

Büsching is a lunar impact crater that is located in the crater-covered southern highlands of the Moon. It was named after German geographer Anton F. Büsching. The similar-sized crater Buch is located adjacent to its southwestern rim, and further to the southwest lies Maurolycus.

Crater area in Selenochromatic image (Si)

Büsching

Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates	38.0°S 20.0°E / -38.0; 20.0
Diameter	52 km
Depth	1.7 km
Colongitude	343° at sunrise
Eponym	Anton F. Büsching

Map showing Buch and Büsching

This crater has been eroded by a long history of subsequent impacts, so that the rim has been worn down and the edge rounded. Several small craterlets lie along the edge of the rim, and there is a tiny crater on the interior floor near the east-southeastern rim. The interior floor is somewhat irregular and lacks a central peak at the midpoint.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Büsching.

Büsching	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	38.3° S	20.4° E	6 km
B	39.0° S	22.8° E	17 km
C	37.2° S	19.6° E	7 km
D	38.6° S	22.0° E	33 km
E	36.6° S	18.4° E	15 km
F	39.0° S	21.0° E	6 km
G	39.5° S	21.6° E	8 km
H	37.4° S	21.1° E	5 km
J	39.5° S	22.2° E	7 km
K	37.9° S	18.7° E	5 km

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