Morley (moon crater)

Morley
position	2.79 °  S , 64.57 °  O coordinates: 2 ° 47 '24 "  S , 64 ° 34' 12"  O
diameter	14 km
depth	2250 m
Card sheet	80 (PDF)
Named after	Edward W. Morley (1838-1923)
Named since	1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Morley is a small impact crater on the front of the moon southwest of Mare Spumans , southeast of Hargreaves crater . The crater is bowl-shaped and moderately eroded.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American chemist Edward W. Morley .

Web links

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