ObliqueLunar Orbiter 1 image, facing westOblique view of northeastern Einthoven centered on a small impact on the rim, fromApollo 10
Einthoven is alunarimpact crater that is located on thefar side of theMoon. It is located beyond the region of the surface that is sometimes brought into view due tolibration, and so can not be viewed from theEarth. Einthoven is located to the northeast of the huge walled plainPasteur.
This is a circular crater with some minorterrace structure along the inner rim. The satellite crater Einthoven X is attached to the northwestern rim, and is partly overlaid by Einthoven. The hummocky interior floor is marked only by a small crater in the eastern half and a few tiny craterlets.
The crater is named after Dutch physiologist and Nobel laureateWillem Einthoven. Prior to formal naming by theIAU in 1970,[1] Einthoven was calledCrater 273.[2]
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