Avery (moon crater)
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| Avery (top left) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 1.3 ° S , 81.35 ° O | |
| diameter | 11 km | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Oswald Theodore Avery (1877–1955) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Avery is a small impact crater near the eastern edge of Earth's moon , near the western bank of Mare Smythii . To the east is Haldane Crater and to the southwest are Carrillo and Gilbert Craters .
Avery is circular, bowl-shaped and has a small central crater floor.
Before it was given its own name by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 , it was referred to as 'Gilbert U'.
Web links
- Avery in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Avery crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
