Tharp (crater)
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| Coordinates | 30°36′S 145°38′E / 30.6°S 145.63°E |
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| Diameter | 13.45 km |
| Formation | Copernican[1] |
| Eponym | Marie Tharp |
Tharp is a small impact crater on the far side of the Moon. This formation dates to the Copernican period and has a meteoritic iron-rich impact melt.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2015 after Marie Tharp, a geologist and oceanographer who created the first comprehensive map of the Earth's ocean floor.[2]
References
- 1 2 Hu, Haojin; et al. (November 2025). "Lunar highland preserves meteoritic-iron-rich materials in the Earth─Moon system". The Astrophysical Journal. 993 (1). id. 148. Bibcode:2025ApJ...993..148H. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae08b5.
- ↑ "Tharp". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 16 January 2020.