Byrd (moon crater)

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Byrd
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Byrd (Moon North Pole Region)
Byrd
position 85.38 °  N , 12.05 °  E Coordinates: 85 ° 22 '48 "  N , 12 ° 3' 0"  E
diameter 92 km
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Named after Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957)
Named since 1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Byrd is a lunar crater in the northern hemisphere near the North Pole .

List of minor craters from Byrd
Letter position diameter link
C. 84.36 °  N , 28.29 °  E 34 km [1]
D. 85.5 °  N , 32.93 °  E 26 km [2]

Web links

  • Byrd in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Byrd Astrogeology Science Center
  • Byrd Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
  • Byrd @ The moon