Morse is a
lunar 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 ...
that is located on the
far side of the
Moon
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and cannot be seen directly from the
Earth
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. It lies about one crater diameter to the southwest of the larger
Fitzgerald. To the west-northwest of Morse is
Dante
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.
This is a relatively well-defined crater with features that have not been markedly eroded by subsequent impacts. There is a small crater along the southeastern rim, however, and the southern rim is somewhat disrupted. The rim edge is uneven in places and there are
terrace features along the inner walls to the northeast and west. The interior floor, while generally level, has a number of low irregularities forming small hills.
The crater lies at the northeast margin of the
Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Morse.
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Impact craters on the Moon