Mary (moon crater)
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Mary and surroundings ( Apollo 17 photo ) | ||
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position | 18.92 ° N , 27.39 ° O | |
diameter | 530 m | |
Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
Named after | female English first name | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Mary is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon on the border of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis , northeast of Dawes crater and west of Fabrioni .
The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 42C3 / S2 of the Topophotomap map series from NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S2
- ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977