Glaisher (crater)
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 Apollo 15 mapping camera image | |
| Coordinates | 13°12′N 49°30′E / 13.2°N 49.5°E |
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| Diameter | 16 km |
| Depth | 2.0 km |
| Colongitude | 311° at sunrise |
| Eponym | James Glaisher |
Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, 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 midpoint. 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.
The crater was named after British meteorologist James Glaisher and its name was approved by the IAU in 1935.[1]
