Parkhurst (crater)

Parkhurst

LRO WAC image
Coordinates	33°24′S 103°36′E / 33.4°S 103.6°E / -33.4; 103.6
Diameter	96 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	258° at sunrise
Eponym	John A. Parkhurst

Parkhurst is a heavily degraded lunar impact crater to the northeast of the Mare Australe on the far side of the Moon. To the north-northeast of Parkhurst is the crater Scaliger and to the southwest lies the dark-floored Gernsback. The small lunar mare named Lacus Solitudinis lies due north of Parkhurst.

Little remains of this crater formation other than the uneven outline of the outer rim. Several satellite craters lie along the rim edge, with Parkhust D along the northeast, B to the north, and X along the northwest. The satellite crater Parkhurst Q pushes into the southwestern rim, distorting the edge shape. The interior floor of Parkhurst is pock-marked by small craterlets.