Smith Crater ( Latin: Smith ), not to be confused with Smith Crater on Mars , is a large impact crater in the northeastern 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 astronaut, crew member of the Challenger spacecraft who died in the crash, Michael John Smith (1945-1986) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1988.
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 A snapshot of the Clementine probe. In the center is Scobey Crater, Smith Crater in the lower left of the picture. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 32.9 km |
| Deepest | 2100 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Michael John Smith (1945-1986) is an American astronaut, a crew member of the Challenger spacecraft who died in the crash. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
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Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of Smith Crater are Dryden Crater in the west-south-west; Barringer Crater in the north; Scobey Crater adjacent to Smith Crater in the northeast; Mc Oliff Crater in the southeast and Reznik Crater in the south [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 32.9 km [2] , depth 2.1 km [3] .
Crater Smith is circular in shape and moderately destroyed. The shaft is somewhat flattened, but retained a fairly clear outline. The inner slope is uneven in width, much wider in the northeastern part, with smoothed remains of a terrace-like structure. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 960 m [3] , the volume of the crater is approximately 820 km³ [3] . The bottom of the bowl is flat, has no noticeable structures.
Before receiving its own name in 1988, the crater was designated Barringer M (in the designation system of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of a crater with its own name).
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
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
- ↑ Crater Smith on the map LAC-105
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 3 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 .