The Crater Chadwick

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

52.85° S · 101.34° W

Diameter

29.74 km

IAU approval

1985/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-135 · Arrhenius

Geological Chronicle

Chadwick is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon's surface, just beyond the southwestern limb. The formation spans an official diameter of 29.74 kilometers.

It lies to the northwest of the crater De Roy, within the Mendel-Rydberg Basin, a 630 km wide impact basin of Nectarian age. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-135.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Sir James; British physicist (1891-1974).
• Wikipedia (en) — Chadwick (crater)

Name Origin

Sir James; British physicist (1891-1974).