Wood (crater)
 Clementine image, with Wood at center, and S and T at left | |
| Coordinates | 43°40′N 121°50′W / 43.66°N 121.83°W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 84.15 km (52.29 mi) |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 122° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Robert W. Wood |
Wood is a lunar impact crater that lies entirely within the interior of the much larger feature Landau, a walled plain on the far side of Moon.[1] It is located at the approximate margin of the Coulomb-Sarton Basin, a 530 km wide impact crater of Pre-Nectarian age.
Wood is situated along the northwestern part of the floor of Landau, and shares a common northwestern rim with the larger impact. The inner wall of the northwest rim extends inward about halfway toward the crater midpoint, where there is a central peak. The infrared spectrum of pure crystalline plagioclase has been identified on this rise.[2] The rim of Wood is somewhat worn and uneven, with a small crater laid across the southwest section. The surviving interior floor is nearly level and is marked only by a few small craters.
Prior to formal naming by the IAU in 1970,[3] Wood was called Crater 96.[4]
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Wood.
| Wood | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| S | 43°28′N 124°01′W / 43.46°N 124.01°W | 34.0 |
| T | 43°55′N 124°19′W / 43.91°N 124.32°W | 10.5 |
Wood S is adjacent to Wood on the west side. Wood T is a small crater northwest of Wood S, which has a bright ray system.
References
- ↑ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. CRC Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-4200-3344-1.
- ↑ Donaldson Hanna, K. L.; et al. (July 2014). "Global assessment of pure crystalline plagioclase across the Moon and implications for the evolution of the primary crust". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 119 (7): 1516–1545. Bibcode:2014JGRE..119.1516D. doi:10.1002/2013JE004476.
- ↑ Wood, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A), 2nd Edition October 1967
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