Cassegrain is Ridge Section 157, named after the lunar
impact crater found on the lunar Far Side and beyond the
southeastern limb. It lies to the southeast of the larger
crater Lebedev (Ridge Section 148), and to the northeast of
the comparably-sized Priestley (not shown). This region
represents a sizeable area due to the lunar curvature and many
of the features shown in the WAC 130 can't be properly
displayed in our chart at the upper left. The interior
of this crater has a relatively dark-hued floor, a feature it
has in common with other craters to the west and northwest
that form part of the Mare Australe The floor is level and
mostly featureless, except for some deposits in the northwest
corner. The rim is more heavily worn in the northwest corner
than elsewhere, and the remaining inner wall displays a
slumped shelf below the rim. (Credit: Some of the information
used in the section feature descriptions was obtained from
wikipedia.org. Section 157 and this directory was created by
Fran Ridge and Ned Haskin of The Lunascan Project).
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