Green (lunar crater)

This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the Martian crater, see Green (Martian crater).
Green
Lunar crater Green from Apollo 16. NASA photo.
Coordinates4°06′N 132°54′E / 4.1°N 132.9°E / 4.1; 132.9
Diameter65 km
Colongitude228° at sunrise
EponymGeorge Green
Oblique view from Apollo 11, mainly showing differences in color resulting from albedo, rather than color differences from sun angle

Green is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It was named after British mathematician and physicist George Green in 1970.[1] Prior to that, it was designated Crater 216.[2] It lies just to the west of the huge walled plain Mendeleev, and is nearly joined with the west-northwestern edge of the crater Hartmann.

  1. ^ "Green (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ^ Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A)