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Virtanen is a lunar impact crater that lies within the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin. It is located to the northeast of the larger crater Sharonov, and to the east of Anderson. Virtanen lies on the far side of the Moon, and cannot be viewed directly from the Earth.
This crater has a nearly circular rim, with a relatively narrow inner wall and a central peak near the interior midpoint. The infrared spectrum of pure crystalline plagioclase has been identified within Virtanen.
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