Wargo (crater)

Wargo
LRO image of Wargo crater
Coordinates 27°41′N 148°37′W / 27.68°N 148.62°W / 27.68; -148.62Coordinates: 27°41′N 148°37′W / 27.68°N 148.62°W / 27.68; -148.62
Diameter 13.9 km (8.6 mi)[1]
Depth ≈910 m (3,000 ft)[2]
Colongitude 149° at sunrise
Eponym Michael J. Wargo[3]

Wargo is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of Blazhko, and to the west of Joule.

Wargo is a fresh crater with a prominent ray system. It lies on the western rim of Joule T, a satellite crater of Joule, and was formed by an asteroid about a thousand meters across (several thousand feet) impacting the ridge of Joule T at 5 to 19 kilometres per second (3 to 12 mi/s). The crater is 13.9 km (8.6 mi) in diameter and approximately 910 m (3,000 ft) in depth.[2]

The crater was unnamed until its name was approved in 2017 by the IAU.[1]

References

Clementine mosaic with Wargo at center, showing most of the ray system.
  1. 1 2 "Wargo". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Mahoney, Erin, ed. (31 January 2018). "Lunar Crater Named After Former NASA Chief Exploration Scientist". NASA. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Michael J. Wargo (1951 - 2013)". The New York Times. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

Further reading

  • Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
  • Blue, Jennifer (25 July 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
  • Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
  • Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
  • McDowell, Jonathan (15 July 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
  • Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763.
  • Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
  • Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
  • Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
  • Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
  • Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
  • Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

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