Turner (crater)

Turner
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates1°24′S 13°12′W / 1.4°S 13.2°W / -1.4; -13.2
Diameter12 km
Depth2.6 km
Colongitude13° at sunrise
EponymHerbert H. Turner
The crater(to the right) area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
Oblique view of Turner from Apollo 16

Turner is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the Mare Insularum, near the Moon's equator. The crater was named after British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner.[1] It is located to the southeast of the crater Gambart. Turner is a circular, cone-shaped crater with inner walls that slope down to the midpoint. A similar-sized ghost crater is attached to the western rim, its interior floor submerged by lava and the surviving rim broken in the southwest.

View of the terminator from Apollo 12, with Turner left of center and Gambart at left. Apollo 14 landing site is in shadow at right (unmarked).
  1. ^ "Turner (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.