Lunar crater
Feature on the moon
ObliqueLunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west View fromApollo 13 Tesla is alunar impact crater that is located on theMoon 'sfar side , just to the southeast of the largerH. G. Wells . About one crater diameter to the southwest of Tesla isKidinnu , and to the southeast isVan Maanen . The crater is named after Serbian-American inventorNikola Tesla .
Tesla is a circular, bowl-shaped feature. There are a pair of small craterlets in the southern inner wall, but the crater is otherwise free of overlapping craters of significance. Only a few tiny impacts mark the floor and remaining sides.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Tesla.
Tesla Latitude Longitude Diameter J 37.2° N 126.7° E 18 km
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