Michelson is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the northeastern outer rim of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung, and to the southwest of the crater Kolhörster.
This is a heavily eroded crater formation with multiple impacts along the rim edge and within the interior. The rim is roughly circular, but has been rendered relatively uneven due to these smaller craters. There are small craters across the interior floor, including impacts along the north, west and southeastern edges.
To the southeast of the outer rim is a crater chain that has been designated Catena Michelson. This feature is radial to the Mare Orientale impact basin, and passes near the outer rim of the crater Grachev.
Satellite cratersedit
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Michelson.
Michelson
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
G
5.7° N
118.8° W
27 km
H
4.6° N
116.8° W
35 km
V
8.0° N
124.4° W
20 km
W
7.5° N
121.3° W
25 km
See alsoedit
Catena Michelson
Referencesedit
Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN978-0-936389-27-1.
McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
michelson, crater, michelson, crater, side, moon, lies, along, northeastern, outer, huge, walled, plain, hertzsprung, southwest, crater, kolhörster, michelsonlro, imagecoordinates7, 7diameter123, kmdepthunknowncolongitude121, sunriseeponymalbert, michelsona, v. Michelson is a crater on the far side of the Moon It lies along the northeastern outer rim of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung and to the southwest of the crater Kolhorster MichelsonLRO WAC imageCoordinates7 12 N 120 42 W 7 2 N 120 7 W 7 2 120 7Diameter123 kmDepthUnknownColongitude121 at sunriseEponymAlbert A MichelsonA view of Michelson from Lunar Orbiter 5 facing westThis is a heavily eroded crater formation with multiple impacts along the rim edge and within the interior The rim is roughly circular but has been rendered relatively uneven due to these smaller craters There are small craters across the interior floor including impacts along the north west and southeastern edges To the southeast of the outer rim is a crater chain that has been designated Catena Michelson This feature is radial to the Mare Orientale impact basin and passes near the outer rim of the crater Grachev Satellite craters editBy convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Michelson Michelson Latitude Longitude DiameterG 5 7 N 118 8 W 27 kmH 4 6 N 116 8 W 35 kmV 8 0 N 124 4 W 20 kmW 7 5 N 121 3 W 25 kmSee also editCatena MichelsonReferences editAndersson L E Whitaker E A 1982 NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature NASA RP 1097 Blue Jennifer July 25 2007 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature USGS Retrieved 2007 08 05 Bussey B Spudis P 2004 The Clementine Atlas of the Moon New York Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 81528 4 Cocks Elijah E Cocks Josiah C 1995 Who s Who on the Moon A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature Tudor Publishers ISBN 978 0 936389 27 1 McDowell Jonathan July 15 2007 Lunar Nomenclature Jonathan s Space Report Retrieved 2007 10 24 Menzel D H Minnaert M Levin B Dollfus A Bell B 1971 Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU Space Science Reviews 12 2 136 186 Bibcode 1971SSRv 12 136M doi 10 1007 BF00171763 S2CID 122125855 Moore Patrick 2001 On the Moon Sterling Publishing Co ISBN 978 0 304 35469 6 Price Fred W 1988 The Moon Observer s Handbook Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 33500 3 Rukl Antonin 1990 Atlas of the Moon Kalmbach Books ISBN 978 0 913135 17 4 Webb Rev T W 1962 Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes 6th revised ed Dover ISBN 978 0 486 20917 3 Whitaker Ewen A 1999 Mapping and Naming the Moon Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 62248 6 Wlasuk Peter T 2000 Observing the Moon Springer ISBN 978 1 85233 193 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michelson crater amp oldid 1199122908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,