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Nishina is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the south-southwest of the crater Maksutov, to the southeast of Finsen and Leibniz.
The rim of this formation has been eroded, worn down, and reshaped by a history of impacts, leaving an irregular, indented perimeter surrounding the crater floor. The interior of the formation has been resurfaced by basaltic lava, leaving a level, nearly featureless surface that contains no impacts of note. While the interior surface has a low albedo and appears dark, it has been coated by ray material which has produced lighter patches to the southwest and northeast.
Nishina (written: ไป็ง) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akiko Nishina (born 1953), Japanese actress
- Nishina Morinobu (1557โ1582), retainer of the Japanese samurai clan of Takeda during the closing years of the Sengoku period
- Momoka Nishina (born 1991), Japanese former AV idol
- Yoshio Nishina (1890โ1951), Japanese physicist