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impact crater
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that lies near the northwest edge of Sinus Medii
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, in the central part of the Moon
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The crater is named for German physicist
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and musician Ernst Chladni
Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (, , ; 30 November 1756 – 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and th ...
who, in 1794, wrote the first book on meteorites. The rim of the crater is roughly circular, and there is a small central floor at the midpoint of the sloping inner walls. This feature has a higher albedo
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than the surrounding terrain
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. It is connected by a low ridge to the rim of the crater Murchison, which lies to the northwest. Due east of Chladni is the larger Triesnecker.
References
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Chladni at The Moon Wiki
at the USGS's Planetary Names website {{Craters on the Moon: C-F Impact craters on the Moon