Lick (moon crater)

Lick

position

12.31 ° N , 52.84 ° O coordinates: 12 ° 18 '36 " N , 52 ° 50' 24" O

diameter

33 km

depth

300 m

Card sheet

62 (PDF)

Named after

James Lick (1796–1876)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

32.65

Lick is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the lunar front , on the southwestern edge of Mare Crisium , southwest of Picard crater, and immediately south of the smaller but more noticeable Greaves . Except for the rim of the wall, the crater is almost completely flooded by the Marelavas .

List of Lick's minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	11.5 ° N , 52.79 ° OMoon 11.5 52.79	25 km	[1]
B.	11.09 ° N , 51.34 ° EMoon 09/11 51:34	21 km	[2]
C.	11.41 ° N , 51.82 ° EMoon 11.41 51.82	8 kilometers	[3]
D.	Renamed to Greaves
E.	10.61 ° N , 50.63 ° EMoon 10.61 50.63	8 kilometers	[4]
F.	10 ° N , 50.02 ° EMoon 10 02.50	24 km	[5]
G	10.05 ° N , 50.9 ° OMoon 05/10/50 09/50	5 km	[6]
K	10.14 ° N , 52.77 ° EMoon 10.14 52.77	5 km	[7]
L.	8.71 ° N , 49.07 ° EMoon 8.71 49.07	6 km	[8th]
N	9.64 ° N , 47.89 ° EMoon 9.64 47.89	24 km	[9]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American science patron James Lick .

Web links

Lick in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Check out The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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

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