Glaisher (crater)

Glaisher

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates 13°12′N 49°30′E / 13.2°N 49.5°E / 13.2; 49.5Coordinates: 13°12′N 49°30′E / 13.2°N 49.5°E / 13.2; 49.5
Diameter 16 km
Depth 2.0 km
Colongitude 311° at sunrise
Eponym James Glaisher

Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, and west-northwest of the Greaves–Lick crater pair. It is surrounded by a ring of satellite craters of various dimensions, the larger companions generally being arranged to the south of Glaisher.

This crater is circular, with a bowl-shaped interior and a small floor at the midpoint. The crater has not been significantly worn by subsequent impacts. A merged, double-crater formation is attached to its southern rim, consisting of Glaisher E at the northwest end and Glaisher G to the southeast.

The crater was named after James Glaisher and its name was approved by the IAU in 1935.[1]

Satellite craters

Glaisher crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Glaisher. Glaisher A and B are to the southeast, Glaisher E and F are in each opposite ends, Glaisher G is nearly to the south, Glaisher H is to the north, Glaisher L is to the northwest, Glaisher M, N and W are to the west and Glaisher V is further south.

Lunar Orbiter 4 image. Glaisher F is in upper right, Glaisher H is near top center, Glaisher L is above left center, and part of Glaisher E is below Glaisher at center.
Oblique view facing south from Apollo 15
Glaisher Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 12.9° N 50.7° E 19 km
B 12.6° N 50.1° E 18 km
E 12.7° N 49.2° E 21 km
F 13.7° N 50.0° E 7 km
G 12.4° N 49.5° E 20 km
H 13.8° N 49.6° E 5 km
L 13.4° N 48.8° E 7 km
M 13.1° N 48.6° E 5 km
N 13.1° N 47.5° E 7 km
V 11.1° N 49.9° E 12 km
W 12.4° N 47.6° E 46 km

References

  1. ↑ Glaisher crater, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), retrieved June 2015
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