Parrot (crater) explained

Coordinates:-14.5°N 3.3°W
Diameter:70 km
Depth:1.1 km
Colong:357
Eponym:Friedrich Parrot

thumb|Oblique view of Parrot D crater, with most of Parrot itself in upper right, from Apollo 14Parrot is the remains of a lunar impact crater that has been almost completely worn away. It was named after Russian doctor and physicist Friedrich Parrot. It is attached to the southern rim of the crater Albategnius, and is located among the rugged highlands among the south-central part of the visible Moon. To the east is the small crater Vogel, and in the southeast is Arzachel.

Little remains of the southwestern rim of Parrot, and the other sections of the wall have been worn and smoothed by impact erosion. The remains of a pair of overlapping craters occupy much of the northern floor of the crater, and the remainder is irregular but relatively flat. No central peak remains.

A groove structure intersects the southeast and part of the northern rim, following an intermittent line from the south-southeast to the north-northwest.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Parrot.

Parrot LatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A15.3° S2.1° E21 km
B13.6° S2.5° E10 km
C18.5° S1.2° E31 km
D14.2° S3.6° E21 km
E16.0° S2.3° E20 km
F16.1° S1.4° E19 km
G17.4° S2.6° E28 km
H17.6° S1.2° E19 km
J17.0° S1.8° E23 km
K14.1° S1.8° E44 km
L18.0° S0.9° E7 km
M18.0° S2.0° E7 km
N13.8° S0.5° E5 km
O16.9° S2.6° E10 km
P18.6° S3.0° E6 km
Q15.1° S1.1° E5 km
R13.5° S3.2° E10 km
S15.9° S3.6° E10 km
T15.9° S4.2° E8 km
U14.1° S4.5° E10 km
V13.2° S0.8° E24 km
W13.2° S1.5° E5 km
X14.5° S1.9° E4 km
Y13.9° S0.7° E10 km

References

. Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . . 978-0-304-35469-6 .

. Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . . 978-0-913135-17-4 .

. Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 978-0-486-20917-3 .

. Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62248-6 .

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