Dreyer

Dreyer

Lat: 10.0°N, Long: 96.9°E, Diam: 61 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

Left:LO-II-196M Dreyer is in the center. The prominent [/satellite%20features satellite features] arrayed around it are Dreyer W in the upper left, C in the upper right, and J and K in the lower right. Middle: Clementine image from Map-A-Planet. Right: Color-coded topography LAC 64 image from [/USGS%20Digital%20Atlas USGS Digital Atlas].

Table of Contents

[#Dreyer Dreyer]

[#Dreyer-Images Images]

[#Dreyer-Maps Maps]

[#Dreyer-Description Description]

[#Dreyer-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#Dreyer-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Dreyer-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Dreyer-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Dreyer-Bibliography Bibliography]

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 64A3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Description: Wikipedia

Dreyer

Additional Information

• Dreyer, and the neighboring craters [/Ginzel Ginzel] (to the north) and [/Erro Erro] (to the south) appear to overlay one of the principal rings of the older [/Mare%20Smythii Smythii basin], possibly accounting for the somewhat rugged terrain in the area.
• Portions of the southwest rim of Dreyer, and the terrain to its south, may be visible as a bump (labeled "crater?") on the limb in the LPOD of June 17, 2009. The central part of Dreyer is seen as a notch to the north of the labeled bump. - JimMosher JimMosher

Nomenclature

• The name honors Johann Ludwig Emil Dreyer (1852-1926), a Danish astronomer best known as compiler/editor of the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Although born in Denmark, Dreyer spent his professional career in Ireland.
• Dreyer was in the long list of farside names published by the [/IAU IAU] in [/Menzel%2C%201971#DREYER Menzel, 1971].

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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