Short (moon crater)

Short
Short ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	74.57 °  S , 7.73 °  W Coordinates: 74 ° 34 '12 "  S , 7 ° 43' 48"  W.
diameter	68 km
depth	3370 m
Card sheet	137 (PDF)
Named after	James Short (1710-1768)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Short is an impact crater in the extreme south of the moon's front , south of Moretus crater and northeast of Newton . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.

List of Short's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	76.94 °  S , 1.48 °  W	32 km	[1]
B.	76.08 °  S , 5.65 °  W	91 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British mathematician, optician and telescope maker James Short .

Web links

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