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Greaves (crater)

Coordinates:13°12′N52°42′E / 13.2°N 52.7°E /13.2; 52.7

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Lunar crater

Feature on the moon

Greaves
Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates	13°12′N52°42′E / 13.2°N 52.7°E /13.2; 52.7
Diameter	14 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	307° at sunrise
Eponym	William M. H. Greaves

The crater area (bottom) in selenochromatic format

Oblique view from Apollo 17

Greaves is a smalllunar impact crater that lies near the southwest edge ofMare Crisium. It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with a small interior floor at the center of the sloping inner walls. The crater is intruding into the northern edge of thelava-flooded craterLick. To the northwest isYerkes, and to the northeast isPicard.

This formation was previously designated Lick D, a satellite crater of Lick, before it was given a name by theIAU.

See also

Asteroid9899 Greaves

References

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External links

LTO-62A1 Yerkes — L&PItopographic map

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