Pons A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Pons

Named after Jean Louis Pons - French astronomer (1761-1831).

Pons is an lunar crater that is located to the west of the prominent Rupes Altai scarp. It lies to the southeast of the crater Sacrobosco, and southwest of Polybius. To the northwest along the same flank of the formation is the crater Fermat. The rim is somewhat elongated in shape, being longer along a northeast-southwest axis than in the perpendicular direction. (wikipedia entry)