McClure (moon crater)
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| McClure (middle right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 15.37 ° S , 50.19 ° E | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 1180 m | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (1807–1873) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
McClure is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the southwestern rim of Mare Fecunditatis , east of Colombo crater and northeast of Cook . The rim of the crater is somewhat eroded and the interior is uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 15.62 ° S , 48.93 ° O | 6 km | [1] |
| B. | 15.52 ° S , 49.3 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| C. | 14.76 ° S , 49.78 ° O | 27 km | [3] |
| D. | 14.79 ° S , 51.7 ° E | 22 km | [4] |
| M. | 14.23 ° S , 51.21 ° E | 21 km | [5] |
| N | 14.22 ° S , 52.67 ° O | 9 km | [6] |
| P | 14.79 ° S , 53.32 ° O | 12 km | [7] |
| S. | 13.76 ° S , 53.34 ° E | 4 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British polar explorer Robert John Le Mesurier McClure .
Web links
- McClure in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- McClure on 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 .