Maclear Crater ( Latin Maclear ) is a small impact crater in the northwestern part of the Sea of Tranquility on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the English astronomer Thomas Macleer (1794-1879) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1961.
| Mclear | |
|---|---|
| lat Maclear | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. The spots in the picture are an artifact of the image. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 20.3 km |
| Deepest | 610 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Thomas Macleer (1794-1879) - English astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the crater Julius Caesar in the west-south-west; Al-Bakri Crater in the north; Ross Crater in the northeast; Arago crater in the south-south-east and Sozigen crater in the south-west. To the northwest of the Macleer Crater is the Bay of Glory ; in the north - Maklira furrows and beyond them the Gem mountains ; in the southwest are Sozigen furrows [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 20.3 km [2] , depth 610 m [3] .
Maklir Crater has a polygonal shape and is flooded with basaltic lava , only a sharp narrow top of the shaft protrudes above the surface of the lava. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 780 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 240 km³ [4] . The bottom of the bowl is flat, has no noticeable structures.
Satellite Craters
| Mclear | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 4.1 |
Spacecraft landing locations
- On February 2, 1964, approximately 40 km southwest of the Macleer Crater, at a point with selenographic coordinates of , the American automatic interplanetary station Ranger-6 made a hard landing.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ McLeary Crater on LAC-60
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 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 .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15, Apollo 17.
- Macleer Crater on the LAC-60 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Macleer Crater on the LM-60 map.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.