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Tebbutt (crater)

Coordinates: 9°36′N 53°36′E / 9.6°N 53.6°E / 9.6; 53.6
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Tebbutt
Apollo 15 Mapping camera image
Coordinates9°36′N 53°36′E / 9.6°N 53.6°E / 9.6; 53.6
Diameter31 km
Colongitude307° at sunrise
EponymJohn Tebbutt
Oblique view from Apollo 17

Tebbutt is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southwestern edge of Mare Crisium. It was named after Australian astronomer John Tebbutt.[1] It was formerly designated Picard G before being named by the IAU, and lies south of the crater Picard. To the north of Tebbutt, but farther east than Picard, is the flooded Lick.

This crater has a worn and damaged outer rim along its eastern half, but the rim is all but nonexistent on the western face, being little more than a pair of curved ridges beneath the surface. Lava flows have overflowed this western rim and submerged the interior, leaving a relatively level and featureless interior. A small craterlet marks the southern end of the interior floor, and several tiny craters mark the surviving rim.

References

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  1. ^ "Tebbutt (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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