Spurr (moon crater)
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| position | 27.89 ° N , 1.28 ° W | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 100 m | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Josiah Edward Spurr (1870-1950) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Spurr is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the plain of Palus Putredinis , southeast of the large crater Archimedes .
It is a so-called ghost crater , i. i.e., it is very flat and largely flooded, except for the edge in the south and east.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the American geologist Josiah Edward Spurr .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .