The Crater Courtney

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

25.14° N · 30.81° W

Diameter

1.24 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-39 · Aristarchus

Geological Chronicle

Courtney is a tiny lunar impact crater on the Mare Imbrium, a lunar mare in the northwest quadrant of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 1.24 kilometers.

It lies about two crater diameters to the northwest of Euler, in an otherwise isolated stretch of the mare. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-39.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — English male name.
• Wikipedia (en) — Courtney (crater)

Name Origin

English male name.