Fox (moon crater)

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Fox
Fox (moon equatorial region)
Fox
position 0.42 °  N , 98.12 °  E Coordinates: 0 ° 25 '12 "  N , 98 ° 7' 12"  E
diameter 24 km
Card sheet 64 (PDF)
Named after Philip Fox (1878-1944)
Named since 1973
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Fox is a small impact crater on the back of the Earth's moon . It is near the northern edge of Wyld and southeast of Babcock Crater .

The crater has a bowl-shaped shape with evenly sloping inner walls and a flat, unstructured floor. Some rubble can be seen on the northern inner wall.

List of Fox's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 1.46 °  N , 98.23 °  O 13 km [1]

Web links

  • Fox in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS