Picard (moon crater)

Picard

Picard (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)

position

14.54 ° N , 54.69 ° E Coordinates: 14 ° 32 '24 " N , 54 ° 41' 24" E

diameter

22 km

depth

2320 m

Card sheet

62 (PDF)

Named after

Jean Picard (1620-1682).

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

22.35

Picard is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Mare Crisium plain, east of Yerkes crater and south of Peirce . The rim of the crater is sharp, the interior has pronounced concentric structures.

List of Picard's minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
K	9.64 ° N , 54.48 ° OMoon 9.64 54.48	9 km	[1]
L.	10.25 ° N , 54.24 ° EMoon 10.25 54.24	7 km	[2]
M.	10.14 ° N , 53.87 ° OMoon 10.14 53.87	8 kilometers	[3]
N	10.53 ° N , 53.53 ° OMoon 10.53 53.53	19 km	[4]
P	8.57 ° N , 53.73 ° EMoon 8.57 53.73	8 kilometers	[5]
Y	13.17 ° N , 60.26 ° OMoon 13.17 60.26	4 km	[6]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Jean Picard .

Web links

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

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .