Tucker (Moon)

Named after Richard Hawley Tucker - American astronomer (1859-1952).

Tucker is a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Smythii. It is located along the eastern limb , and from the Earth it is seen nearly from the edge. It lies. This is a small, circular crater formation that is cup-shaped and has a higher albedo than the surrounding dark lunar mare. (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.

NW 26 km

Warner

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Slocum

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Lebesgue

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W 84 km

Widmannstätten

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1 Hour 19 Minutes
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Tucker

-5.62° N 88.21° E

E 44 km

Swasey

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20 Hours 6 Minutes

SW 111 km

Kreiken

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S 12 km

Kao(last)

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5 Hours 32 Minutes

SE 75 km

Brunner N

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1 Hour 10 Minutes
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