Jerik (moon crater)

Jerik
Jerik (image of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter )
position	18.52 °  N , 27.63 °  E Coordinates: 18 ° 31 '12 "  N , 27 ° 37' 48"  E
diameter	630 m
Card sheet	42 (PDF)
Named after	male Scandinavian first name
Named since	1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Jerik is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon on the border of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis , northeast of Dawes crater and west of Fabrioni .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 42C3 / S2 of the Topophotomap map series from NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Jerik and surroundings (photo by Apollo 17 )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S2
2. ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977