Crile (moon crater)
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position | 14.18 ° N , 45.95 ° O | |
diameter | 9 km | |
Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
Named after | George Crile (1864-1943). | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Crile is a very small, cup-shaped impact crater in the Palus Somni , between the Mare Crisium in the east and the Mare Tranquillitatis in the west.
Before his name change by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 was Crile as Proclus F referred. The eponymous Proclus crater is north-northeast.