Lyot (moon crater)

Lyot
Lyot ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	50.73 °  S , 84.57 °  O coordinates: 50 ° 43 '48 "  S , 84 ° 34' 12"  O
diameter	138 km
depth	2940 m
Card sheet	129 (PDF)
Named after	Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (1897–1952)
Named since	1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Lyot is an impact crater south of the lunar front , southwest of Mare Australe , southeast of Oken crater and northwest of smaller Jeans crater . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior is largely filled with lava and therefore flat except for the secondary craters B, D and E.

List of Lyot minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	48.97 °  S , 79.91 °  O	40 km	[1]
B.	50.51 °  S , 81.89 °  O	9 km	[2]
C.	50.49 °  S , 80.06 °  O	17 km	[3]
D.	51.7 °  S , 82.48 °  O	17 km	[4]
E.	52.09 °  S , 83.86 °  O	13 km	[5]
F.	52.33 °  S , 82.29 °  O	21 km	[6]
H	51.59 °  S , 77.98 °  O	64 km	[7]
L.	54.26 °  S , 83.15 °  O	80 km	[8th]
M.	53.44 °  S , 86.65 °  O	27 km	[9]
N	52.93 °  S , 83.6 °  O	15 km	[10]
P	47.71 °  S , 85.75 °  O	13 km	[11]
R.	46.13 °  S , 87.25 °  E	32 km	[12]
S.	46.13 °  S , 85.52 °  O	29 km	[13]
T	46.9 °  S , 78.78 °  O	9 km	[14]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the French astronomer Bernard Ferdinand Lyot .

Web links

• Lyot in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Lyot 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 .