Leavitt (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=44.8
N_or_S=S
longitude=139.3
E_or_W=W
diameter=66 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=141
eponym=Henrietta S. Leavitt

Leavitt is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It is a moderately eroded crater, but only a few minor craterlets lie along the edge and interior. Most of these features lie within the northern half of the crater, but the largest lies along the southern inner wall. The crater has a low central ridge near the mid-point. There is patch of higher albedo material along the eastern rim, centered on a tiny craterlet.

Nearly attached to the northern outer rim is the satellite crater 'Leavitt Z', a formation that appears similar to Leavitt but somewhat more worn. Less than two crater diameters to the northwest of Leavitt is the huge Apollo walled-basin. To the northeast is Buffon crater.

The Leavitt lunar crater is named for Henrietta Swan Leavitt, a Harvard astronomer.

atellite 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 Leavitt crater.

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