Feature Profile & Selenographic Data
- Feature type
- crater
- Coordinates
- 87.04° N · 19.75° W
- Diameter
- 69.06 km
- IAU approval
- 2009/01/22 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-1 · Peary
Geological Chronicle
Florey is a lunar impact crater on the lunar near side near the northern pole. The formation spans an official diameter of 69.06 kilometers.
Florey is directly adjacent to Byrd crater (diameter of 94 km) to the Southeast and Peary crater (diameter of 73 km) to the North. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-1.
Chronology & Exploration
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IAU
Name Adopted
The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.
Scientific Sources & References
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IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
— Howard Walter; Australian-born British pathologist, Nobel Prize winner 1945 (1898-1968).
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Wikipedia (en)
— Florey (crater)
Name Origin
Howard Walter; Australian-born British pathologist, Nobel Prize winner 1945 (1898-1968).