Leakey (moon crater)

Leakey
Leakey ( LROC -WAC)
position	3.22 °  S , 37.44 °  O coordinates: 3 ° 13 '12 "  S , 37 ° 26' 24"  O
diameter	12 km
depth	1800 m
Card sheet	79 (PDF)
Named after	Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Named since	1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Leakey is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Fecunditatis , northeast of Capella crater and northwest of Gutenberg . The small crater is little eroded and shows traces of a concentric slide inside.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the British paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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