Henry Frères

Henry Frères and environs ( LROC -WAC)

position

23.57 ° S , 58.99 ° W Coordinates: 23 ° 34 '12 " S , 58 ° 59' 24" W.

diameter

42 km

depth

3750 m

Card sheet

92 (PDF)

Named after

Paul Henry (1848–1905) and Prosper Henry (1849–1903)

Named since

1961

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

41.7

Henry Frères is an impact crater on the western edge of the lunar front , west of Mare Humorum , northwest of Henry crater and east of Byrgius . The rim of the crater is little eroded and the interior has widely concentric structures.

List of secondary craters by Henry Frères
Letter	position	diameter	link
C.	24.64 ° S , 59.82 ° WMoon -24.64 -59.82	35 km	[1]
E.	24.61 ° S , 60.12 ° WMoon -24.61 -60.12	4 km	[2]
G	22.86 ° S , 58.07 ° WMoon -22.86 -58.07	4 km	[3]
H	22.32 ° S , 56.81 ° WMoon -22.32 -56.81	7 km	[4]
R.	21.54 ° S , 57.88 ° WMoon -21.54 -57.88	7 km	[5]
S.	20.5 ° S , 56.46 ° WMoon -20.5 -56.46	6 km	[6]

The crater was officially named Henry Frères ("Henry Brothers") by the IAU in 1961 after the French astronomers Paul and Prosper Henry .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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

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