Fischer (crater)

Coordinates: 8°00′N 142°24′E / 8.0°N 142.4°E / 8.0; 142.4
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Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hans Fischer
Apollo 10 image
Apollo 16 image of interior of Mendeleev. Fischer is above center, and Richards is in upper left. Harden is in lower right. Benedict is along bottom edge.

Fischer is a

far side of the Moon relative to the Earth, and can only be viewed from a spacecraft
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This crater has a slender, circular rim and an interior that has the same low albedo as the surrounding floor. There is a smaller impact crater within the interior, adjacent to the northwestern inner wall. The rim and the floor of Fischer are pitted by several tiny craterlets.

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