Glaisher (crater)

Glaisher

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates 13°12′N 49°30′E / 13.2°N 49.5°E / 13.2; 49.5Coordinates: 13°12′N 49°30′E / 13.2°N 49.5°E / 13.2; 49.5
Diameter 16 km
Depth 2.0 km
Colongitude 311° at sunrise
Eponym James Glaisher
Lunar Orbiter 4 image. Glaisher F is in upper right, Glaisher H is near top center, Glaisher L is above left center, and part of Glaisher E is below Glaisher at center.

Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, and west-northwest of the Greaves–Lick crater pair. It is surrounded by a ring of satellite craters of various dimensions, the larger companions generally being arranged to the south of Glaisher.

This crater is circular, with a bowl-shaped interior and a small floor at the midpoint. The crater has not been significantly worn by subsequent impacts. A merged, double-crater formation is attached to its southern rim, consisting of Glaisher E at the northwest end and Glaisher G to the southeast.

The crater was named after James Glaisher and its name was approved by the IAU in 1935.[1]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Glaisher.

Glaisher Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 12.9° N 50.7° E 19 km
B 12.6° N 50.1° E 18 km
E 12.7° N 49.2° E 21 km
F 13.7° N 50.0° E 7 km
G 12.4° N 49.5° E 20 km
H 13.8° N 49.6° E 5 km
L 13.4° N 48.8° E 7 km
M 13.1° N 48.6° E 5 km
N 13.1° N 47.5° E 7 km
V 11.1° N 49.9° E 12 km
W 12.4° N 47.6° E 46 km

References

  1. ↑ Glaisher crater, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), retrieved June 2015
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