Leibnitz (crater)

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

Leibnitz is a huge lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. This formation is the same size as Clavius on the near side. It is located to the east-southeast of Mare Ingenii, and is joined to the northeast rim of Von Kármán. Attached to the eastern rim of Leibnitz is Davisson, and intruding into the southeast rim is Finsen. Farther to the west is the large Oppenheimer.

This formation dates to the Pre-Nectarian period of the lunar geologic timescale. the crater was known as Crater 374.

Magnetism

The crater is also home to one of the enigmatic, high albedo features known as a Lunar Swirl. These features are associated with localised magnetic anomalies, as is the case with Leibnitz. The Leibnitz Swirls are part of a complex of similar features in the nearby Van de Graaff crater-pair and Mare Ingenii.

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 Leibnitz.

{| class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

|-

|align="center"|R

|align="center"|39.3° S

|align="center"|176.3° E

|align="center"|19 km

|-

|align="center"|S

|align="center"|39.6° S

|align="center"|171.8° E

|align="center"|28 km

|-

|align="center"|X

|align="center"|36.5° S

|align="center"|177.3° E

|align="center"|19 km

|}

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