Lovelace (moon crater)
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| Lovelace and Froelich craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 82.12 ° N , 109.37 ° W | |
| diameter | 57 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Randolph Lovelace II (1907–1965), physician and aerospace specialist | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lovelace is an impact crater on the back of the moon near the lunar north pole . It lies between Lenard in the north and Froelich in the south. The walls of the crater are terraced, the interior is relatively flat with a pronounced central mountain. The side crater Lovelace E is about 50 km to the east at the same width .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| E. | 82.04 ° N , 96.65 ° W | 21 km | [1] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1970 after the US doctor and aerospace specialist William Randolph Lovelace II .