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Cajal is a small lunar impact crater on the northern part of the Mare Tranquilitatis. It was named after the Spanish doctor and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal.[1] It is a circular (9 km diameter), cup-shaped formation that lies southeast of the lava-inundated crater Jansen. Cajal was formerly designated Jansen F. Also to the northwest is a system of wrinkle ridges designated the Dorsa Barlow.

Apollo 15 panoramic camera image

References

  1. ^ "Cajal (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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