Grignard (moon crater)
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| Grignard right below Hermite (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 84.54 ° N , 75.83 ° W | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Victor Grignard (1871-1935) | |
| Named since | 2009 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Grignard is a small impact crater on the moon near the lunar north pole. It lies on the southeastern rim of the large Hermite crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 2009 after the French chemist Victor Grignard .