The Crater Urey

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

27.93° N · 87.43° E

Diameter

39.29 km

IAU approval

1985/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-45 · Hubble

Geological Chronicle

Urey is a lunar impact crater located in the narrow niche of terrain between the western halves of the craters Rayleigh and Lyapunov. The formation spans an official diameter of 39.29 kilometers.

It lies near the east-northeastern limb of the Moon, and thus appears very foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-45.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Harold Clayton; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1893-1981).
• Wikipedia (en) — Urey (crater)

Name Origin

Harold Clayton; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1893-1981).