The Crater Morse

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

21.90° N · 175.29° W

Diameter

72.77 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-50 · Fitzgerald

Geological Chronicle

Morse is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon and cannot be seen directly from the Earth. The formation spans an official diameter of 72.77 kilometers.

The crater lies at the northeast margin of the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-50.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Samuel Finley Breese; American inventor (1791-1872).
• Wikipedia (en) — Morse (crater)

Name Origin

Samuel Finley Breese; American inventor (1791-1872).