page_title: Menelaus (crater)
section_title: Satellite craters
hierarchical_section_title: Menelaus (crater) / Satellite craters
caption_attribution_description: English: Oblique view of Menelaus A crater (lower right) and vicinity, west of Menelaus crater. The brightness and contrast have been altered from the original.
context_page_description: Menelaus is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain range. Its diameter is 27 km. To the southwest is the small crater Auwers, and to the west-southwest is the even smaller Daubrée. To the northeast is a faint rille system named the Rimae Menelaus.
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 Menelaus.
  The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
  Menelaus S - See Daubrée.
caption: Menelaus A crater (lower right), from Apollo 15
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