Lick (crater)

Lick

Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates 12°24′N 52°42′E / 12.4°N 52.7°E / 12.4; 52.7Coordinates: 12°24′N 52°42′E / 12.4°N 52.7°E / 12.4; 52.7
Diameter 31 km
Depth unknown
Colongitude 308° at sunrise
Eponym James Lick
Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Lick is a lunar crater that has been flooded with basaltic lava. The north rim is attached to the smaller, bowl-shaped crater Greaves. Lick lies on the southwest edge of Mare Crisium. Its rim is broken at the north and south ends, and the southwest rim is attached to the crater remnant Lick A. There is a small, flooded crater within the southern part of Lick's inner floor, and several tiny craters mark the interior surface. A small, unnamed crater at the east rim has a bright ray system.

This crater was named in memory of James Lick, a Californian philanthropist.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lick.

Lick Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 11.5° N 52.8° E 23 km
B 11.2° N 51.4° E 24 km
C 11.5° N 52.0° E 9 km
E 10.6° N 50.7° E 8 km
F 10.1° N 50.2° E 22 km
G 10.1° N 50.9° E 5 km
K 10.2° N 52.8° E 6 km
L 8.7° N 49.0° E 5 km
N 9.7° N 47.9° E 23 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

See also

References

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