Moore (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	37.4° N, 177.5° W
Diameter	54 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	178° at sunrise
Eponym	Joseph H. Moore

Moore is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. Like much of the far side, Moore is located in a region that has been saturated by impacts. Nearby features of note are Larmor crater to the south-southwest, and Parsons crater about the same distance to the west.

This crater has been worn and damaged by subsequent impacts, particularly along the western rim where it is overlaid by a double-crater. The interior floor is irregular and marked by a merged chain of impacts that runs from the northwest rim to the mid-point. The satellite crater 'Moore L' is attached to the south-southeast outer rim. To the east, the satellite crater 'Moore F' has a relatively high albedo rim, and lies at the center of a small ray system.

[edit] Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Moore crater.

Moore	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
F	37.4° N	175.0° W	24 km
L	36.1° N	177.1° W	27 km

[edit] References

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