Loewy A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Loewy

Named after Maurice (Moritz) Loewy - French astronomer (1833-1907).

Loewy is a small lunar crater that lies along the eastern rim of Mare Humorum, in the southwest part 's near side. This is a lava-flooded formation that lies to the southwest of the larger, lava-flooded crater Agatharchides. To the southeast is an even larger lava-flooded formation, Hippalus. The rim is worn and eroded, with a break in the southwest where lava may have flooded into the interior from the surrounding lunar mare. (wikipedia entry)