Adams (moon crater)

Adams
From Adams Lunar Orbiter 4 added
position	31.86 °  S , 68.34 °  E Coordinates: 31 ° 51 '36 "  S , 68 ° 20' 24"  E
diameter	63 km
depth	4190 m
Card sheet	98 (PDF)
Named after	John Couch Adams (1819–1892) Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951) Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956)
Named since	1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Adams is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Fecunditatis , southeast of Petavius crater, and south of Legendre .

The crater is moderately eroded with a largely flat interior. It was officially named in 1970 by the IAU after the British astronomer John Couch Adams and the American astronomers Charles Hitchcock Adams and Walter Sydney Adams .

Adams with its side craters

List of Adams Minor Craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
B.	31.54 °  S , 65.67 °  O	31 km	[1]
C.	32.35 °  S , 65.52 °  O	11 km	[2]
D.	32.42 °  S , 71.4 °  E	46 km	[3]
M.	34.72 °  S , 69.3 °  E	25 km	[4]
P	35.14 °  S , 70.87 °  O	25 km	[5]

Surroundings of Adams ( LROC -WAC)

See also

• Lunar crater

Web links

• Adams in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Adams on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .