Huggins (lunar crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=41.1
N_or_S=S
longitude=1.4
E_or_W=W
diameter=65 km
depth=3.0 km
colong=3
eponym=William Huggins

Huggins is a lunar crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon's near side. This crater lies across the eastern rim of the larger crater Orontius. The eastern rim of Huggins is laid across in turn by the slightly smaller crater Nasireddin. Thus these three craters form a triplet of decreasing age from west to east. To the northwest of Huggins is Miller, which is attached to the northern rim of Nasireddin.

This crater has been somewhat eroded, but the surviving rim remains relatively well-defined and is only overlaid by a few tiny craterlets. The western half of the interior floor is relatively level, although a small craterlet 'Huggins A' is attached to the inner wall of the northwest rim. There is a central peak formation next to the outer of the intruding Nasireddin.

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 Huggins.

References

* cite web
last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = 2006-10-26
url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061026
title = Moving Sideways
publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day
accessdate = 2006-10-26