Florey (moon crater)

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Florey
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Florey ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
Florey (Moon North Pole Region)
Florey
position 86.83 °  N , 19.71 °  W Coordinates: 86 ° 49 '48 "  N , 19 ° 42' 36"  W.
diameter 63 km
Card sheet 1 (PDF)
Named after Howard Walter Florey (1898–1968)
Named since January 22, 2009
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Florey is an impact crater on the Moon near the North Pole, southwest of Peary and northwest of Byrd .

It was named in 2009 by the IAU after Howard Walter Florey , a British pathologist (1898–1968).

Web links

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