Globe · Lunar Compendium

Measured / Computed

Maury

Crater (16.6 km) — Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer (1806-1873); Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira; American astronomer (1866-1952).

Coordinates
37.1088, 39.6913 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
16.577154
Etymology
Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer (1806-1873); Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira; American astronomer (1866-1952).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3761
Clean name
Maury
Ethnicity
American
Continent
North America
Quad
LAC-27

Primary source