page_title: Sampson (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Sampson (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: LO-IV-127H Sampson is the largest of the craters in this very small field about 98 km south of the center of Mare Imbrium.
context_page_description: Sampson is a relatively tiny lunar impact crater located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer Ralph Allan Sampson. To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner and to the southeast lies Timocharis. East of this crater is the Dorsum Grabau, a wrinkle ridge in the mare.
context_section_description: Sampson is a relatively tiny lunar impact crater located near the central part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British astronomer Ralph Allan Sampson. To the northeast is the crater Landsteiner and to the southeast lies Timocharis. East of this crater is the Dorsum Grabau, a wrinkle ridge in the mare.
caption: Lunar Orbiter 4 image showing Sampson left of center with four other small, unnamed craters of similar size.
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