Brown (crater)

Brown (crater)

Coordinates
Diameter	34 km
Depth	2.3 km
Colongitude	19° at sunrise
Eponym	Ernest W. Brown

Brown is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeast part of the Moon, to the southwest of the prominent ray crater Tycho. Northwest of Brown is the crater Wilhelm, and to the west is Montanari.

The rim of Brown is mis-shapen from a typical circular formation, most notably due to the intrusion of the satellite crater Brown E into the southeast of the formation. The northern rim is polygonal in shape, with a flattened northern rim. There is also a small gap in the western rim which protrudes to the west.

Satellite craters

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

Brown	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	48.1° S	17.4° W	16 km
B	44.7° S	16.1° W	12 km
C	47.6° S	17.0° W	13 km
D	46.0° S	16.1° W	20 km
E	46.8° S	17.6° W	22 km
F	46.9° S	18.3° W	6 km
G	45.5° S	16.8° W	5 km
K	46.6° S	15.6° W	16 km