Maury (moon crater)

Maury
Maury with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
position	37.09 °  N , 39.65 °  O coordinates: 37 ° 5 '24'  N , 39 ° 39 '0 "  O
diameter	17 km
depth	3280 m
Card sheet	27 (PDF)
Named after	Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873) Antonia Maury (1866–1952)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Maury is a small impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon with numerous side craters. It is located on the eastern edge of Lacus Somniorum , with the craters Cepheus and Franklin to the east . The crater is bowl-shaped and little eroded.

List of minor craters from Maury

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	35.96 °  N , 41.87 °  O	21 km	[1]
B.	35.08 °  N , 42.02 °  E	9 km	[2]
C.	36.94 °  N , 38.65 °  O	31 km	[3]
D.	38.24 °  N , 37.76 °  O	8 kilometers	[4]
J	39.03 °  N , 40.06 °  E	6 km	[5]
K	39.45 °  N , 41.04 °  O	5 km	[6]
L.	40.27 °  N , 42.47 °  O	4 km	[7]
M.	40.85 °  N , 42.57 °  O	10 km	[8th]
N	40.32 °  N , 41.75 °  E	18 km	[9]
P	39.98 °  N , 37.99 °  E	12 km	[10]
T	39.94 °  N , 43.26 °  O	3 km	[11]
U	39.29 °  N , 37.04 °  E	5 km	[12]

The crater was named by the IAU after the oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury and the astronomer Antonia Maury .

Web links

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