Finsch (crater)

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Lunar crater Finsch is a relatively small lunar impact crater in the mid-part of Mare Serenitatis that has been almost completely (other than the crest of the rim) covered by the mare, forming a ghost crater in the lava plain. It was named after German zoologist Otto Finsch.<ref>Template:Gpn</ref> It is located to the south-southeast of the crater Sarabhai and northeast of Bessel.

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Oblique view of Finsch from Apollo 17
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Location of Finsch crater in Mare Serenitatis

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