Parry (moon crater)
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| Parry and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 7.89 ° S , 15.8 ° W | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| depth | 870 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Edward Parry (1790-1855) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Parry (top center; photo of Apollo 16 )
Parry is an impact crater on the front of the moon in Mare Cognitum , southeast of the Fra Mauro whale plain . Its western edge partially covers the wall of the Bonpland crater . The crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
In the north, east and south (partly through the interior of Fra Mauro and Bonpland) the lunar grooves of the Rimae Parry run .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| Renamed Tolansky | ||||
| B. | 8.94 ° S , 13.1 ° W | 1 km | [1] | |
| C. | 6.87 ° S , 12.79 ° W | 3 km | [2] | |
| D. | 7.95 ° S , 15.78 ° W | 2 km | [3] | |
| E. | 8.42 ° S , 16.4 ° W | 6 km | [4] | |
| F. | 7.68 ° S , 14.81 ° W | 4 km | [5] | |
| L. | 6.34 ° S , 14.73 ° W | 7 km | [6] | |
| M. | 8.91 ° S , 14.58 ° W | 25 km | [7] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British explorer William Edward Parry .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .