Plaskett (moon crater)
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| Plaskett crater with central mountain ; the sequence of points on the left rim of the crater is not an artifact. | ||
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| position | 81.92 ° N , 175.97 ° O | |
| diameter | 120 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Stanley Plaskett (1865-1941) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Plaskett is an impact crater on the back of the moon near the lunar north pole . The northeastern edge overlies the wall of the Rozhdestvenskiy crater . The side crater Plaskett U is located on the eastern wall .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| H | 79.65 ° N , 165.06 ° W | 20 km | [1] |
| S. | 80.97 ° N , 150.58 ° O | 17 km | [2] |
| U | 82.36 ° N , 162.39 ° O | 16 km | [3] |
| V | 82.2 ° N , 121.06 ° O | 49 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named in 1976 by the IAU after the Canadian astronomer John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941).