Grove (moon crater)

Grove
Grove Crater ( LROC -WAC)
position	40.29 °  N , 33.01 °  O coordinates: 40 ° 17 '24 "  N , 33 ° 0' 36"  O
diameter	27 km
depth	2370 m
Card sheet	26 (PDF)
Named after	William Grove (1811-1896)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Grove is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in Lacus Somniorum , southeast of Lacus Mortis . To the northeast of Grove are the large Hercules and Atlas craters .

List of Grove's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
Y	37.45 °  N , 31.7 °  E	3 km	[1]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British physicist William Grove .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .