Lick (crater)

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Lick
Lick crater AS15-M-0954.jpg
Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates 12°24′N52°42′E / 12.4°N 52.7°E / 12.4; 52.7
Diameter 31 km
Depth unknown
Colongitude 308° at sunrise
Eponym James Lick
Lunar Orbiter 4 image Lick crater 4061 h2.jpg
Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Lick is a lunar impact crater that has been flooded with basaltic lava. This crater was named in memory of James Lick, a Californian philanthropist. [1] The north rim is attached to the smaller, bowl-shaped crater Greaves. Lick lies on the southwest edge of Mare Crisium. Its rim is broken at the north and south ends, and the southwest rim is attached to the crater remnant Lick A. There is a small, flooded crater within the southern part of Lick's inner floor, and several tiny craters mark the interior surface. A small, unnamed crater at the east rim has a bright ray system.

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 Lick.

LickLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A11.5° N52.8° E23 km
B11.2° N51.4° E24 km
C11.5° N52.0° E9 km
E10.6° N50.7° E8 km
F10.1° N50.2° E22 km
G10.1° N50.9° E5 km
K10.2° N52.8° E6 km
L8.7° N49.0° E5 km
N9.7° N47.9° E23 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

References

  1. "Lick (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.