The Crater Avery

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

1.32° S · 81.37° E

Diameter

10.73 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-81 · Ansgarius

Geological Chronicle

Avery is a small lunar impact crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 10.73 kilometers.

It has an estimated age of ~150 ma, which puts it in the Copernican period of the lunar geologic timescale. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-81.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Oswald Theodore; Canadian doctor (1877-1955).
• Wikipedia (en) — Avery (crater)

Name Origin

Oswald Theodore; Canadian doctor (1877-1955).