Briggs A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Briggs

Named after Henry Briggs - British mathematician (1561-1630).

Briggs is a lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the east of the large walled plain Struve. The isolated position of this crater on the mare, near the northwestern limb , makes it easy for an Earth-bound observer to locate. The outer rim is not quite circular, with outward bulges to the north-northeast and southward. (wikipedia entry)