Kohlschütter (crater)

Kohlschütter is a lunar impact crater that cannot be viewed directly from the Earth as it lies on the Moon's far side.

It is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, and due south of the smaller crater Nagaoka.

The outer rim of Kohlschütter is worn and eroded, with a small crater across the northwest side, and smaller impacts along the west and northeastern edge.

[1] Despite its small size, the mare has a short sinuous rille west of the central peak and a wrinkle ridge east of it.

[2] By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Kohlschütter.

Oblique Apollo 16 image, facing north
Oblique Apollo 16 image at low sun angle, which reveals the detail of the surface features within the crater. The light color at right is the base of the east wall of the crater and the dark field at left is shadow of west crater wall. The central peak is visible as well as part of a wrinkle ridge ( dorsum ) between the peak and rim.
Anaglyph of part of Kohlschütter crater (left foreground) and the terrain north of it.
Kohlschütter V. Note that the west wall and floor are illuminated by reflected light from the east wall in this image from Apollo 16 .