Glaisher (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=13.2
N_or_S=N
longitude=49.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=16 km
depth=2.0 km
colong=311
eponym=James Glaisher

Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border about Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes crater, 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 mid-point. 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.

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 Glaisher crater.

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