Sharp (moon crater)

Sharp
Sharp with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
position	45.77 °  N , 40.25 °  W Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 12 ″  N , 40 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W.
diameter	37 km
depth	3840 m
Card sheet	23 (PDF)
Named after	Abraham Sharp (1651-1742)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Sharp is an impact crater to the northwest of the lunar front . It is located northeast of the Mairan crater and southwest of Harpalus , west of the Montes Jura and Sinus Iridum mountain ranges .

Between Sharp and Sharp A , an unnamed moon groove runs in a north-westerly direction. The Rima Sharp , named after the crater, continues to the west in the Mare Frigoris in a north-south direction.

Rima Sharp

List of minor craters from Sharp

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	47.61 °  N , 42.71 °  W	18 km	[1]
B.	46.99 °  N , 45.35 °  W	21 km	[2]
D.	44.82 °  N , 42.18 °  W	7 km	[3]
J	46.96 °  N , 38.08 °  W	6 km	[4]
K	47.49 °  N , 38.59 °  W	5 km	[5]
L.	45.77 °  N , 38.25 °  W	6 km	[6]
M.	47.38 °  N , 41.47 °  W	5 km	[7]
U	47.4 °  N , 48.69 °  W	6 km	[8th]
V	46.23 °  N , 47.07 °  W	7 km	[9]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English astronomer and mathematician Abraham Sharp .

Web links

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