Menzel is a tiny lunarimpact crater located in the southeast of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after American astrophysicist Donald H. Menzel.[1] This feature is circular in outline and cup-shaped, with no overlapping impacts of significance. The mare around the crater is nearly devoid of features of interest, except for a nearly submerged crater rim to the northwest, and a few small rises to the north and east.
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