Peirce (moon crater)

Peirce
Peirce and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	18.23 °  N , 53.32 °  O coordinates: 18 ° 13 '48 "  N , 53 ° 19' 12"  O
diameter	18 km
depth	2160 m
Card sheet	44 (PDF)
Named after	Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Peirce is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Mare Crisium plain , north of Picard crater and south of Swift . The crater rim is sharply defined and the interior has concentric structures.

List of minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
C.	18.69 °  N , 49.84 °  E	20 km	[1]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Benjamin Peirce .

Web links

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