Franck is a small

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that lies near the north end of

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, a bay on the northern part of

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. Its diameter is 12 km. It was named after German physicist and Nobel laureate

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. The crater lies just to the southeast of

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, and farther to the south of

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. Franck was previously designated Römer K. Franck crater AS15-P-9542

This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with a sharp rim that has not been significantly eroded. The interior walls slope down to the tiny floor at the midpoint. Just to the north of Franck is a joined pair of smaller craters, and the three nearly form a merged cluster of impacts.

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LTO-43D2 Franck
— L&PI

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{{Craters on the Moon: C-F Impact craters on the Moon