Fox (crater)

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Fox
Fox crater AS15-M-0140.jpg
Apollo 15 image
Coordinates 0°30′N98°12′E / 0.5°N 98.2°E / 0.5; 98.2 Coordinates: 0°30′N98°12′E / 0.5°N 98.2°E / 0.5; 98.2
Diameter 24 km
Depth 1.6 km
Colongitude 262° at sunrise
Eponym Philip Fox
Fox (left) and Fox A (right), from Apollo 17 Fox and Fox A craters AS17-P-2863.jpg
Fox (left) and Fox A (right), from Apollo 17
Fox A, from Apollo 11 Fox A crater AS11-42-6286.jpg
Fox A, from Apollo 11

Fox is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is named after the American astronomer Philip Fox. [1] It lies near the northern rim of the crater Wyld, and to the southeast of Babcock. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a roughly circular rim, simple sloping walls and a relatively level, featureless interior. There is some talus along the northern inner wall.

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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 Fox.

FoxLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A1.5° N98.3° E13 km

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References

  1. "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Fox". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union . Retrieved September 15, 2017.