Tharp (crater)

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Tharp
Planet Moon
Coordinates 30°36′S145°38′E / 30.6°S 145.63°E / -30.6; 145.63
Diameter 13.45 km
Eponym Marie Tharp

Tharp is a crater on the Moon. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2015 after Marie Tharp, a geologist and oceanographer who created the first comprehensive map of the Earth's ocean floor. [1]

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References

  1. "Tharp". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 16 January 2020.