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{{Short description|Crater in the moon}}
{{Infobox Lunar crater
| image = Manzinus crater 4082 h2.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = [[Lunar Orbiter 4]] image with north at top.<br>(Group of dots in lower left is blemish on original image)
| coordinates = {{coord|67.7|S|26.8|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter = 98 km
| depth = 3.8 km
| colong = 337
| eponym = [[Carlo Antonio Manzini|Carlo A. Manzini]]
}}

'''Manzinus''' is a [[Lunar craters|lunar]] [[impact crater]] that is located in the southern region of the [[Moon]]'s near side. It lies less than one crater diameter to the south-southwest of the crater [[Mutus (crater)|Mutus]], and to the northwest of [[Boguslawsky (crater)|Boguslawsky]]. The latter is a crater with nearly the same dimension and a comparable appearance to Manzinus.

The outer rim of Manzinus is worn, [[Erosion|eroded]], and somewhat irregular. The outer rim to the north-northeast is joined to the smaller Manzinus R, and the crest along that side is lower and forms a saddle. There is a cluster of small craters along the southern side that partly overlap each other, consisting of the craters D, E, G, and N listed in the table below. The heavily eroded satellite crater Manzinus A lies along the southeastern inner wall. Similarly the small crater Manzinus S lies along the northern inner wall, and the cup-shaped Manzinus J overlies the northwest rim.

The interior surface has been resurfaced in the past, and now forms a level, featureless plain that is marked only by a few tiny craterlets. The floor has the same [[albedo]] as the surrounding [[terrain]].

== 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 Manzinus.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! scope="col" | Manzinus
! scope="col" | Latitude
! scope="col" | Longitude
! scope="col" | Diameter
|-
! scope="row" | A
| 68.4° S
| 27.5° E
| 20 km
|-
! scope="row" | B
| 63.7° S
| 21.1° E
| 28 km
|-
! scope="row" | C
| 70.1° S
| 22.1° E
| 25 km
|-
! scope="row" | D
| 69.6° S
| 24.7° E
| 34 km
|-
! scope="row" | E
| 68.9° S
| 25.4° E
| 18 km
|-
! scope="row" | F
| 63.9° S
| 19.7° E
| 18 km
|-
! scope="row" | G
| 69.6° S
| 26.0° E
| 16 km
|-
! scope="row" | H
| 68.6° S
| 19.2° E
| 13 km
|-
! scope="row" | J
| 66.3° S
| 23.5° E
| 12 km
|-
! scope="row" | K
| 63.3° S
| 20.3° E
| 12 km
|-
! scope="row" | L
| 64.4° S
| 22.7° E
| 20 km
|-
! scope="row" | M
| 63.4° S
| 22.8° E
| 6 km
|-
! scope="row" | N
| 70.2° S
| 28.8° E
| 14 km
|-
! scope="row" | O
| 64.9° S
| 25.0° E
| 5 km
|-
! scope="row" | P
| 67.8° S
| 29.4° E
| 6 km
|-
! scope="row" | R
| 65.9° S
| 30.0° E
| 16 km
|-
! scope="row" | S
| 66.4° S
| 27.3° E
| 11 km
|-
! scope="row" | T
| 67.5° S
| 32.9° E
| 21 km
|-
! scope="row" | U
| 68.6° S
| 34.5° E
| 21 km
|}

== References ==

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| publisher = NASA RP-1097
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{{refend}}

[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]]

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