From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Grissom (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Field	Value
image	Grissom crater 5026 h1.jpg
caption	Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image
coordinates
diameter	59.82 km
depth	Unknown
colong	148
eponym	Gus Grissom

Grissom is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the south of the huge walled plain Apollo, and to the northeast of the crater Cori. The rim of Grissom is eroded in places, particularly along the northeast where a pair of small craters lie along the sides. There is a clustering of small craterlets located to the south of the crater midpoint. A small crater lies along the northeast edge of the floor.

The crater was named in 1970 by the IAU after astronaut Gus Grissom, killed in the Apollo 1 fire. The nearby craters White and Chaffee were named after the other two astronauts killed in the disaster, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

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 Grissom.

Grissom	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	K	M
49.5° S	145.7° W	26 km
49.1° S	147.7° W	38 km

References

{{cite book
{{cite web | access-date = 2007-08-05
{{cite book
{{cite book
{{cite web | access-date = 2007-10-24 | archive-date = 2012-02-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208141804/http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/ | url-status = dead
{{cite book
{{cite book
{{cite book
{{cite book
{{cite book
{{cite book

References

[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2255 Grissom], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

impact-craters-on-the-moon gus-grissom

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Grissom (crater) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report