Manners is a

lunar Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon". Lunar may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games * "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta * "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior t ...

impact crater An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...

located in the western part of the

Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin for Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It contains Tranquility Base, the first location on another celestial body to be visited by huma ...

. Its diameter is 15 km. It was named after British astronomer Russell Henry Manners. To the northeast is the larger crater Arago and to the south are

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and

Sabine The Sabines (, , , ; ) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divided int ...

. The crater has a rim with a higher

albedo Albedo ( ; ) is the fraction of sunlight that is Diffuse reflection, diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation) to 1 (corresponding to a body that reflects ...

than the surrounding

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae, equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more th ...

, making it appear bright. This is a circular, bowl-shaped feature with a raised rim and a relatively flat interior.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified and realised on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Manners.

References

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External links

Manners at The Moon Wiki
* {{cite web, last = Wood , first = Chuck , date = June 14, 2007 , url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070614 , title = Something for Everyone , publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day , url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070614, archive-date=June 14, 2011 Impact craters on the Moon