Parrot (moon crater)

Parrot
Parrot (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	14.65 °  S , 3.26 °  E Coordinates: 14 ° 39 '0 "  S , 3 ° 15' 36"  E
diameter	68 km
depth	2080 m
Card sheet	77 (PDF)
Named after	Friedrich Parrot (1792–1841)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Parrot is an impact crater on the front of the moon , south of Albategnius crater and west of Vogel . The crater lies in furrowed terrain, is itself very heavily eroded and is often overlaid by other impacts.

List of Parrot minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	15.34 °  S , 2.02 °  E	19 km	[1]
B.	13.67 °  S , 2.37 °  E	9 km	[2]
C.	18.57 °  S , 1.2 °  E	30 km	[3]
D.	14.25 °  S , 3.53 °  E	21 km	[4]
E.	15.99 °  S , 2.19 °  E	20 km	[5]
F.	16.13 °  S , 1.34 °  E	18 km	[6]
G	17.45 °  S , 2.49 °  E	28 km	[7]
H	17.63 °  S , 1.12 °  E	18 km	[8th]
J	17.02 °  S , 1.73 °  O	24 km	[9]
K	14.13 °  S , 1.55 °  E	38 km	[10]
L.	18.06 °  S , 0.86 °  E	6 km	[11]
M.	18.02 °  S , 1.88 °  E	6 km	[12]
N	13.79 °  S , 0.39 °  E	4 km	[13]
O	16.99 °  S , 2.49 °  E	10 km	[14]
P	18.76 °  S , 2.87 °  E	6 km	[15]
Q	15.14 °  S , 1 °  E	5 km	[16]
R.	13.54 °  S , 3.1 °  E	10 km	[17]
S.	15.97 °  S , 3.48 °  E	10 km	[18]
T	15.94 °  S , 4.08 °  E	7 km	[19]
U	14.06 °  S , 4.41 °  O	8 kilometers	[20]
V	13.32 °  S , 0.76 °  E	25 km	[21]
W.	13.19 °  S , 1.42 °  E	5 km	[22]
X	14.54 °  S , 1.82 °  E	4 km	[23]
Y	13.96 °  S , 0.64 °  E	10 km	[24]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the naturalist and explorer Friedrich Parrot .

Web links

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