thumb|240px|Oblique view from [[Lunar Orbiter 5]]

thumb|240px|Close up of Schrödinger G, the low-[[albedo area within Schrödinger, which is interpreted as a volcanic vent, similar to those in Alphonsus on the near side.]]

Schrödinger is a large lunar impact crater of the form traditionally called a walled plain and is named after Erwin Schrödinger. This class of formation is known as a peak ring basin, which has a single interior topographic ring or a discontinuous ring of peaks with no central peak.

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 Schrödinger.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"

|-

! scope="col" | Schrödinger

! scope="col" | Latitude

! scope="col" | Longitude

! scope="col" | Diameter

|-

! scope="row" | B

| 68.4° S

| 141.3° E

| 25 km

|-

! scope="row" | G

| 75.4° S

| 137.2° E

| 8 km

|-

! scope="row" | J

| 78.4° S

| 154.6° E

| 16 km

|-

! scope="row" | W

| 68.5° S

| 115.6° E

| 12 km

|}

Schrödinger crater is the location of the Moon Nazi base, Schwarze Sonne, in the Finnish film Iron Sky.

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