Lindenau (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on the Moon}}

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{{Infobox Lunar crater

| coordinates = {{coord|32.35|S|24.77|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| image = Lindenau crater 4083_h3.jpg

| caption = Lunar Orbiter 4 image, North on the photo is diagonally at about 35 degrees

| diameter = 53.08 km

| depth = 2.9 kmAutostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.

| colong = 336

| eponym = Bernhard von Lindenau

}}

Lindenau is a lunar impact crater. It is located beside the east-southeastern rim of the crater Zagut, and to the northeast of Rabbi Levi. To the northeast is the slightly smaller crater Rothmann and the Rupes Altai scarp.

The rim of this crater has received very little wear, in contrast to the neighboring craters to the west and southwest. The edge is sharp, with a small outer rampart, and there are terraces along parts of the interior wall. Along the western edge is a small outward protrusion where the inner face has slumped somewhat. The interior floor is irregular in places, and there is a formation of central peaks about the midpoint.{{cite book | first=Patrick | last=Moore | authorlink=Patrick Moore | date=2001 | title=On the Moon | publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. | isbn=0-304-35469-4 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr }}{{cite book | first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlink=Antonín Rükl | date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon | publisher=Kalmbach Books | isbn=0-913135-17-8 }} It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago.[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1348 The geologic history of the Moon]. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 11.2.

It is named after 19th century German astronomer Bernhard von Lindenau.{{gpn|3410}}