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Ridge Section 132 is Crookes, named after a 49 km lunar impact
crater on the lunar Far Side. It lies just to the southwest of
the giant crater Korolov (Section (122 to the NE). To the
southwest of Crookes is McKellar. The rim of Crookes has a
relatively high albedo compared to most such formations on the
Moon, and it lies at the center of a ray system. This ejecta
forms a nearly continuous blanket out to at least one crater
diameter before forming extended rays and a multitude of wispy
markings across the surface. The ray system continues for
several hundred kilometers, including extending across a
substantial portion of the Korolev basin. As would be expected
for a relatively young crater, Crookes has a sharp-edged rim
that has not been significantly eroded. The inner walls are
relatively wide, and have slumped inward along the edges.
Offset slightly to the east of the midpoint of the crater is a
small central peak on the interior floor. (Credit: Some of the
information used in the section feature descriptions was
obtained from wikipedia.org. Section 132 and this directory
was created by Fran Ridge and Ned Haskin of The Lunascan
Project).