Langley (moon crater)
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| Langley and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 51.16 ° N , 86.01 ° W | |
| diameter | 59 km | |
| Card sheet | 21 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Langley is an impact crater on the extreme western edge of the moon's front , so it is invisible as a result of the libration and, if visible from Earth, it is heavily distorted. It lies west of the Oceanus Procellarum , between the Galvani craters in the south, the edge of which Langley partially covers, and Volta in the north. The secondary craters Langley J and Langley K lie on the northeastern rim . The crater rim is heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| J | 51.67 ° N , 84.99 ° W | 21 km | [1] |
| K | 51.99 ° N , 86.15 ° W | 20 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American astrophysicist Samuel Pierpont Langley .