Joy (Crater)

Joy
	Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Diameter	6 km
Depth	1.0 km
Colongitude	353° at sunrise

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Joy is a small lunar impact crater located in the irregular ground just to the west of Mare Serenitatis. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a slightly raised rim.

The crater was named after American astronomer Alfred Harrison Joy in 1973.^[1] Before, it was designated Hadley A. Mons Hadley lies to the west-northwest in the Montes Apenninus range.

References

↑ "Joy (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

External links

LTO-41B3 Joy — L&PI topographic map of crater and vicinity

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[1] "Joy (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.