Tharp (crater)

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

Last updated July 04, 2025

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]

References

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

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

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