Parsons (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	37.3° N, 171.2° W
Diameter	40 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	171° at sunrise
Eponym	John W. Parsons

Parsons is a lunar impact crater on the battered far side of the Moon. It is located to the west-northwest of the Krylov crater, and to the east of Moore crater. Parsons is roughly circular in shape and the rim has undergone some erosion. There is a smaller, cup-shaped crater laid across the southeastern rim, and small craterlets along the northeast and west rim edges. The interior is relatively featureless, with a floor that is about half the diameter of the crater.

[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 Parsons crater.

Parsons	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
D	38.5° N	168.6° W	54 km
E	37.6° N	167.8° W	26 km
L	33.6° N	170.0° W	31 km
M	33.8° N	171.7° W	23 km
N	34.2° N	173.2° W	43 km
P	35.2° N	172.8° W	28 km

[edit] References

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