Parsons (crater)

Parsons (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=37.3
N_or_S=N
longitude=171.2
E_or_W=W
diameter=40 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=171
eponym=John W. Parsons

Parsons is a lunar impact crater on the battered far side of the Moon. It is located to the west-northwest of the Krylov crater, and to the east of Moore crater. Parsons is roughly circular in shape and the rim has undergone some erosion. There is a smaller, cup-shaped crater laid across the southeastern rim, and small s along the northeast and west rim edges. The interior is relatively featureless, with a floor that is about half the diameter of the crater.

This crater was supposedly named for Jack Parsons, and important participant at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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 Parsons crater.

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