Blagg (crater)

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::summary Crater on the Moon ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Lunar crater"]

Field	Value
image	Blagg_crater_4102_h1.jpg
caption	Lunar Orbiter 4 image
coordinates
diameter	5.0 km
depth	0.9 km
colong	359
eponym	Mary A. Blagg
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| image = Blagg_crater_4102_h1.jpg | image_size = | caption = Lunar Orbiter 4 image | coordinates = | diameter = 5.0 km | depth = 0.9 km | colong = 359 | eponym = Mary A. Blagg ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Triesnecker-Boscovich_Si_-_Barbero_Zetta_Ferruggia.jpg" caption="website=GAWH}}"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Blagg_and_Bruce_craters_as10-32-4855.jpg" caption="Bruce]] at center and Blagg below center, from [[Apollo 10"] ::

Blagg is a tiny lunar impact crater located on the Sinus Medii. It is a circular crater with no appreciable erosion. To the east-southeast is the irregular crater Rhaeticus, and northeast lies Triesnecker. It is about 33 km to the east of the slightly larger Bruce. It was named after noted English astronomer Mary Adela Blagg. Its diameter is 5.0 km.

References

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References

1. "Selenocromatica".
2. {{gpn. 765

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