Gore (moon crater)

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Gore
Hermite - LROC - WAC.JPG
Gore right above Hermite (north above; LROC -WAC)
Gore (Moon North Pole Region)
Gore
position 86.17 °  N , 62.17 °  W Coordinates: 86 ° 10 '12 "  N , 62 ° 10' 12"  W.
diameter 9 km
Card sheet 1 (PDF)
Named after John Ellard Gore (1845-1910)
Named since 2009
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Gore ( Lunar Orbiter IV)

Gore is a small impact crater on the moon , near the lunar north pole . It is located on the northeastern edge of the large Hermite crater .

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 2009 after the Irish astronomer John Ellard Gore .

Web links

Commons : Gore (crater of the moon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Gore in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Gore on The-Moon Wiki