Very (moon crater)
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| position | 25.61 ° N , 25.33 ° E | |
| diameter | 5 km | |
| depth | 560 m | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Frank Washington Very (1852-1927) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Very is a small impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Mare Serenitatis plain , east of Sarabhai crater . Immediately to the east of Very runs part of the ridges of the Dorsa Smirnov , the approximate center of which marks Very.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the American astronomer Frank Washington Very .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .