Schlüter is a lunar

Moon

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 impact crater

Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 that is located near the western limb of the Moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

's near side. It lies along the northwestern face of the Montes Cordillera

Montes Cordillera

Montes Cordillera is a mountain range on the Moon. This feature forms the outer wall of peaks that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin, the inner ring being formed by the Montes Rook...

 mountain range that encircles the Mare Orientale

Mare Orientale

Mare Orientale is one of the most striking large scale lunar features, resembling a target ring bull's-eye. Located on the extreme western edge of the lunar nearside, this impact basin is difficult to see from an Earthbound perspective.Material from this basin was not sampled by the Apollo program...

. Nearly attached to the eastern rim is the damaged crater Hartwig

Hartwig (lunar crater)

Hartwig is a lunar crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon. It is attached to the eastern rim of the prominent crater Schlüter, to the northeast of the Montes Cordillera mountain range that surrounds the Mare Orientale...

.

Schlüter has an irregular outer rim that is roughly circular, with small outward bulges to the north and southeast. The former section displays a slumped appearance along the inner wall. The southern rim contains a small double-crater that lies long the inner wall. The rim is otherwise not significantly eroded, and contains a system of terraces along the inner sides.

The interior floor has a curved patch of low-albedo

Albedo

Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it...

 material along the northern inner wall, nearly matching the dark shade of the Lacus Autumni

Lacus Autumni

Lacus Autumni is a region of lunar mare that lies near the western limb of the Moon. Along this side of the lunar surface is a huge impact basin centered on the Mare Orientale. Two concentric mountain rings surround the Orientale mare, the inner ring being named Montes Rook and an outer ring...

 to the south of the Montes Cordillera range. The remainder of the floor has the same albedo as the surrounding terrain. In the mid-point of the floor is a central peak, consisting of an elongated ridge with the long dimension aligned in a northerly direction. There is a slender rille

Rille

Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the lunar surface that resemble channels. Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length...

near the northwestern inner wall.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Schlüter.

Schlüter	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	9.2° S	82.4° W	37 km
P	0.1° N	85.1° W	20 km
S	7.9° S	89.9° W	13 km
U	5.0° S	89.9° W	10 km
V	4.4° S	86.8° W	12 km
X	1.2° N	88.2° W	13 km
Z	2.8° S	83.7° W	11 km