Wood (crater)

Wood

Clementine image, with Wood at center, and S and T at left
Coordinates	43°40′N121°50′W / 43.66°N 121.83°W / 43.66; -121.83
Diameter	84.15 km (52.29 mi)
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	122° at sunrise
Eponym	Robert W. Wood

Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image, facing west

Wood is a lunar impact crater that lies entirely within the interior of the much larger walled plain Landau, on the far side of Moon. Wood is situated along the northwestern part of the floor of Landau, and shares a common northwestern rim with the larger impact. The inner wall of the northwest rim extends inward about halfway toward the crater midpoint, where there is a central peak. The rim of Wood is somewhat worn and uneven, with a small crater laid across the southwest section. The surviving interior floor is nearly level and is marked only by a few small craters.

Prior to formal naming by the IAU in 1970, ^[1] Wood was called Crater 96. ^[2]

Wood lies at the approximate margin of the Coulomb-Sarton Basin, a 530 km wide impact crater of Pre-Nectarian age.

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 Wood.

Wood	Coordinates	Diameter, km
S	43°28′N124°01′W / 43.46°N 124.01°W / 43.46; -124.01 (Wood S)	34.0
T	43°55′N124°19′W / 43.91°N 124.32°W / 43.91; -124.32 (Wood T)	10.5

Wood S is adjacent to Wood on the west side. Wood T is a small crater northwest of Wood S, which has a bright ray system.

References

1. Wood, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
2. Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A), 2nd Edition October 1967

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