Urey (moon crater)
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| position | 27.91 ° N , 87.39 ° O | |
| diameter | 39 km | |
| Card sheet | 45 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) | |
| Named since | 1985 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Urey is a lunar crater on the easternmost edge of the front of the moon and therefore, if at all, only visible in a strongly distorted manner. It is northwest of Lyapunov crater and southwest of Rayleigh . The rim of the crater is irregular, the wall has recesses and landslides and the interior has a central mountain .
Before the International Astronomical Union has changed the name of the crater when it was Rayleigh A designated.
Web links
- Urey in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Moon: Urey USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information
- Urey Astrogeology Science Center
- Urey Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Urey @ The moon