Landau (crater)

thumb|right|240px|Oblique [[Lunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west]]

thumb|right|240px|Another oblique view from Lunar Orbiter 5, facing southwest

Landau is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It was named after physicist Lev Landau. The crater Wegener is attached to the northeastern rim. Attached to the southeastern rim is Frost. Landau lies at the approximate margin of the Coulomb-Sarton Basin, a 530 km wide impact crater of Pre-Nectarian age.

This formation dates to the Pre-Nectarian period of the lunar geologic timescale. Landau was called Crater 97.

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 Landau.

{| class="wikitable"

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Landau

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter

|-

|align="center"|Q

|align="center"|41.0° N

|align="center"|121.7° W

|align="center"|32 km

|}

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