Sabine (crater)

Sabine (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin) is a lunar impact crater that forms a nearly matching pair with Ritter to the northwest.

About 85 km to the east-southeast is 'Statio Tranquillitatis' (Tranquility Base), the landing site of the Apollo 11 mission and the first human beings to step on the Moon.

In To A Rocky Moon, lunar geologist Don E. Wilhelms summarized: "They are identical twins in morphology and size (29-30 km).

Most significant, they lack deep floors recognized since the days of Gilbert as diagnostic of impacts."

"[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 Sabine.

The crater area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Sabine (right of center), Ritter (left of center), and Schmidt (lower left) craters
Oblique view from the south from Apollo 16
Sabine and its two satellite craters