Curtis (crater)

Curtis

LRO image
Coordinates	14°34′N 56°46′E / 14.57°N 56.76°E / 14.57; 56.76
Diameter	2.9 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	187° at sunrise
Eponym	Heber D. Curtis

Curtis is a very small lunar impact crater that lies in the western Mare Crisium, to the east of the crater Picard. It is a circular, cup-shaped formation that is otherwise undistinguished. It was named after American astronomer Heber D. Curtis in 1973.^[1] In the past it was designated Picard Z.