Hedin (crater)


Hedin is a lunar impact crater of the dimension traditionally termed a walled plain. It lies due south of the crater pair Olbers and Glushko, and northwest of the similarly dimensioned walled plain Riccioli. To the east is another walled plain, Hevelius.
This crater has a deteriorated outer rim that has been worn down and reshaped through impact erosion. Several small craters lie along or near the rim, including Hedin F to the northeast and Hedin H to the southeast.
The interior floor has been scored by the impact event that created the Mare Orientale to the southeast. But these features are cross-hatched by a pair of linear rilles that follow a path towards the southeast. Only a section of the floor along the northwest rim is relatively level, retaining the low albedo of ground that has been resurfaced by lava.
This crater is sometimes referred to as "Sven Hedin" in older publications.

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 Hedin.
HedinLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A5.5° N78.1° W60 km
B4.4° N83.7° W20 km
C4.4° N84.6° W10 km
F4.0° N74.4° W19 km
G3.8° N73.4° W14 km
H3.0° N72.2° W11 km
K2.9° N73.0° W11 km
L5.1° N71.3° W10 km
N4.9° N71.7° W24 km
R5.3° N75.9° W7 km
S5.7° N75.1° W8 km
T4.2° N72.8° W7 km
V5.2° N73.7° W9 km
Z1.9° N78.9° W10 km