page_title: Pasteur (lunar crater)
section_title: Satellite craters
hierarchical_section_title: Pasteur (lunar crater) / Satellite craters
caption_attribution_description: English: Oblique view of Pasteur crater, on the far side of the moon.
context_page_description: Pasteur is a large lunar impact crater, approximately 233 kilometers in diameter, belonging to the category termed a walled plain. It was named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur. It lies on the far side of the Moon as seen from the Earth, just beyond the eastern limb. The vicinity of this crater is occasionally brought into view from Earth due to librations, although not much detail can be seen.
context_section_description: By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Pasteur.
  Pasteur T was renamed Anders' Earthrise in October 2018.
caption: Oblique Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image of Pasteur crater
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