Eckert (Moon)

Named after Wallace John Eckert - American astronomer (1902-1971).

Eckert is a tiny, isolated lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Crisium This crater forms a circular pit in the dark surface of the surrounding lunar mare. Just to the west is a wrinkle ridge in the mare surface, a feature that is prominent only under oblique lighting from the Sun. The nearest craters of note are Peirce to the west-northwest, and Picard to the southwest. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.