Somerville (crater)

Somerville
	Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Diameter	15 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	296° at sunrise

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Somerville is a small lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Moon. It lies to the east of the prominent crater Langrenus, and was designated Langrenus J before being given a name by the IAU. This is a roughly circular, bowl-shaped formation, with the larger but less conspicuous Langrenus H attached to the northwest rim. The rim has a protruding lip that extends slightly toward the southwest.

This is one of a handful of lunar craters named after a woman, Mary Somerville.^[1]

References

↑ Daniel R. Altschuler; Fernando J. Ballesteros (4 July 2019). The Women of the Moon: Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage. Oxford University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-19-884441-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=vcSbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280.

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[AltschulerBallesteros2019-1] Daniel R. Altschuler; Fernando J. Ballesteros (4 July 2019). The Women of the Moon: Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage. Oxford University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-19-884441-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=vcSbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280.

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Somerville (crater)

Topic: Astronomy

References