Parkhurst (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	33.4° S, 103.6° E
Diameter	96 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	258° at sunrise
Eponym	John A. Parkhurst

Parkhurst is a heavily degraded lunar crater to the northeast of the Mare Australe on the far side of the Moon. To the north-northeast of Parkhurst is Scaliger crater and to the southwest lies the dark-floored Gernsback crater. The small lunar mare named Lacus Solitudinus lies due north of Parkhurst.

Little remains of this crater formation other than the uneven outline of the outer rim. Several satellite craters lie along the rim edge, with 'Parkhust D' along the northeast, 'B' to the north, and 'X' along the northwest. The satellite crater 'Parkhurst Q' is pushing into the southwestern rim, distorting the edge shape. The interior floor of Parkhurst is pock-marked by small and tiny craterlets.

[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 Parkhurst crater.

Parkhurst	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	32.0° S	104.4° E	30 km
D	32.8° S	105.4° E	27 km
K	36.3° S	105.2° E	11 km
Q	35.0° S	101.6° E	37 km
X	31.5° S	102.3° E	12 km
Y	29.9° S	102.8° E	49 km

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