Kearons (moon craters)
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| position | 11.64 ° S , 113 ° W | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| Card sheet | 89 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William M. Kearons (1878-1948) | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kearons is a small impact crater on the back of the Earth's moon and therefore can not be directly observed from Earth . It lies northwest of the Mare Orientale in the belt of ejecta that surrounds the lunar cordillera . The crater is relatively isolated as all nearby features of the surface may have been buried by ejecta. The closest major surface features some distance to the south are Lewis Crater and to the northeast, Grachev Crater . Between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera and the Rook Mountains lies the Lowell crater to the east .
The crater rim of Kearons is a rounded polygon. The sharp-edged ridge is marked in the northwest by a miniature impact. The inner walls and crater floor show no noticeable features. About one crater diameter southwest of Kearons is a smaller crater with a simple ray system . In the north, south and southwest these rays reach a length of up to 100 kilometers .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| U | 10.68 ° S , 116.28 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
Web links
- Kearons in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kearons crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
