Humason (moon crater)
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| Humason (top left) and the Montes Agricola ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 30.72 ° N , 56.65 ° W | |
| diameter | 4 km | |
| Card sheet | 38 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Milton Lasell Humason (1891-1972) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Humason is a small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , northwest of Montes Agricola and north-northeast of Schiaparelli crater . It appears bowl-shaped and moderately eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the American astronomer Milton Lasell Humason .