Crater Mac Oliff ( lat. McAuliffe ) is a small impact crater in the northeast part of the bowl of the huge Apollo crater on the far side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the American teacher, a crew member of the Challenger spacecraft who was killed in the crash, Sharon Christa MacAlyph (1948-1986) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1988.
| Mac Oliff | |
|---|---|
| lat Mcauliffe | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 19.1 km |
| Deepest | 1749 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Sharon Krista MacAlif (1948—1986) - American teacher, crew member of the Challenger spacecraft killed in the crash. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of McLiff Crater are Smith Crater in the northwest; Scobi crater in the north; Järvis crater in the southeast and Resnik crater in the southwest [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 19.1 km [2] , depth 1.7 km [3] .
Crater Mac Oliff has a circular shape and is moderately destroyed. The shaft is slightly smoothed but retains a clearly defined edge, the inner slope is smooth. The bottom of the bowl is even, dotted with many small craters, it has no noticeable structures.
Before obtaining its own name in 1988, the crater had the designation Borman Y (in the system of designations of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of the crater, which has its own name).
Satellite craters
None.
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- Planetary Nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the Moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- Мак McLeiff Crater on LAC-121 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .