Scoresby (moon crater)
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| Scoresby with side craters and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 77.72 ° N , 14.14 ° O | |
| diameter | 54 km | |
| depth | 4100 m | |
| Card sheet | 4 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Scoresby (1789-1857). | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Scoresby is an impact crater on the moon far north on the lunar front . It lies between the Challis craters in the northwest and Meton in the southeast. The crater has a central mountain . The rim of the crater is hardly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| K | 76.32 ° N , 2.85 ° O | 24 km | [1] |
| M. | 75.61 ° N , 7.94 ° O | 53 km | [2] |
| P | 75.92 ° N , 12.79 ° O | 21 km | [3] |
| Q | 77.54 ° N , 8.74 ° O | 37 km | [4] |
| W. | 74.37 ° N , 11.1 ° O | 10 km | [5] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the British explorer William Scoresby .