This crater is roughly circular and bowl-shaped, with an interior that has a higher
albedo than the surrounding
terrain. It lies in a region that has a number of
rille systems, with the Rimae Hippalus to the northwest, and the Rimae Ramsden to the south and east.
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 Dunthorne.
Dunthorne
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
A
28.8° S
32.6° W
6 km
B
31.4° S
31.6° W
7 km
C
29.4° S
32.5° W
7 km
D
30.0° S
34.0° W
6 km
References
^"Dunthorne (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.