The Crater Mohorovičić

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

18.73° S · 164.83° W

Diameter

49.97 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-105 · Mohorovicic

Geological Chronicle

Mohorovičić is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 49.97 kilometers.

It lies to the southwest of the larger crater Doppler and Korolev, a huge walled plain. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-105.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Andrija; Croatian geophysicist (1857-1936). (Spelling changed from Mohoróvičic.)
• Wikipedia (en) — Mohorovičić (crater)

Name Origin

Andrija; Croatian geophysicist (1857-1936). (Spelling changed from Mohoróvičic.)