Houssay (Moon)

Named after Bernardo Alberto Houssay - Argentinean physiologist, Nobel Prize winner 1947 (1887-1971).

Houssay is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located to the Northeast of and directly adjacent to crater Nansen. (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.