MacMillan (crater)

MacMillan is a bowl-shaped lunar impact crater on the eastern fringes of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after American mathematician and astronomer William Duncan MacMillan.[1] It is located just to the southwest of a lone rise, near the southwestern edge of the Montes Archimedes. This is a cup-shaped depression in the surface with an interior albedo that matches the nearby lunar mare. The edges of the rim have a somewhat higher albedo. It shows some indications of a concentric crater.[2]

MacMillan

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates	24.2°N 7.8°E
Diameter	8 km
Depth	0.4 km
Colongitude	8° at sunrise
Eponym	William D. MacMillan

Apollo 17 image

This crater was previously identified as Archimedes F.

References

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2. Wood, C. A. (1978). "Lunar Concentric Craters". Lunar and Planetary Science. IX: 1264–1266. Bibcode:1978LPI.....9.1264W.

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External links

• Beer Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap, LTO41A4, May 1974