Pickering (lunar crater)

Pickering (lunar crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=2.9
N_or_S=S
longitude=7.0
E_or_W=E
diameter=15 km
depth=2.7 km
colong=353
eponym=Edward C. Pickering
William H. Pickering

Pickering is a small lunar impact crater located to the northeast of the worn Hipparchus walled-plain in the central region of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of Horrocks crater, which lies within Hipparchus. To the southeast is the lava-flooded Saunder crater.

Pickering is a bowl-shaped formation with a circular rim that has received little wear. It has a ray system that extends for about 160 kilometers.

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 Pickering crater.

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