Webb (crater)

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Webb
Webb crater.png
Webb from Lunar Orbiter 1. NASA/L&PI image.
Coordinates 0°54′S60°00′E / 0.9°S 60.0°E / -0.9; 60.0 Coordinates: 0°54′S60°00′E / 0.9°S 60.0°E / -0.9; 60.0
Diameter 21 km
Depth 0.8 km
Colongitude 300° at sunrise
Eponym Thomas W. Webb
Oblique view facing west from Apollo 11, showing Webb at center, with Webb H at left, Webb D at top left, and Webb B above right of Webb itself. Webb crater AS11-41-6056.jpg
Oblique view facing west from Apollo 11, showing Webb at center, with Webb H at left, Webb D at top left, and Webb B above right of Webb itself.

Webb is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern edge of the Mare Fecunditatis, in the eastern part of the Moon near the equator. It was named after British astronomer Thomas William Webb. [1] It is to the north of the prominent crater Langrenus, and west of Maclaurin.

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Satellite craters of Webb Webb sattelite craters map.jpg
Satellite craters of Webb

The interior of Webb is relatively dark compared with the inner walls of the rim, and it has a low hill at the midpoint of the interior. On the lunar mare to the north is a faint marking of a ray system that appears to radiate from this crater. West of the crater is the wrinkle ridge Dorsa Andrusov.

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 Webb.

Webb and its satellite crater taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1 Webb lunar crater map.jpg
Webb and its satellite crater taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1
WebbLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
B0.8° S58.4° E6 km
C0.3° N63.8° E34 km
D2.3° S57.6° E7 km
E1.0° N61.1° E7 km
F1.5° N61.0° E9 km
G1.7° N61.2° E9 km
H2.1° S59.5° E10 km
J0.6° S64.0° E24 km
K0.7° S62.9° E21 km
L0.1° N62.7° E7 km
M0.2° S63.8° E5 km
N0.3° S63.6° E4 km
P2.3° S57.8° E36 km
Q1.0° S61.2° E5 km
U1.8° N56.3° E6 km
W3.0° N58.2° E8 km
X3.2° N58.3° E8 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

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References

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