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  Left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1244 Moore from Clementine]'', Right: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2287 Ray crater Moore F from Clementine]''<br /> <div id="toc">
 
  Left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1244 Moore from Clementine]'', Right: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2287 Ray crater Moore F from Clementine]''<br /> <div id="toc">

Latest revision as of 03:06, 16 April 2018

Moore

Lat: 37.25°N, Long: 177.57°W, Diam: 52.66 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

external image normal_moore-clem1.jpg

external image normal_Moore-F-Clem.jpg

Left: Moore from Clementine, Right: Ray crater Moore F from Clementine

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 33D1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Moore is another tired farside crater with little of apparent interest. But just east of it is one of the bright young ray craters, Moore F (diameter 24 km), that needs a name because it will be refered to often. The floor of F appears to be coated with impact melt.

Wikipedia

Moore

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Joseph Haines Moore (1878-1949), an American astronomer.
  • It might be interesting to include Patrick Moore (1923-2012); English amateur astronomer and popularizer of astronomy (television, books, etc...). - DannyCaes Mar 19, 2015


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