Brayley_(crater)

Brayley (crater)

Brayley (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Brayley is a lunar impact crater located in the southwest part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after British geographer Edward W. Brayley in 1935.[2] It has a circular rim and a low rise in the center. There are no notable craters overlapping the rim or interior. The sinuous rille Rima Brayley passes to the north of Brayley.

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Apollo 15 image
Apollo 17 image
The very young rimless crater near the bottom center of this Apollo 17 image is Brayley G, which is probably a collapse feature rather than an impact crater[1]

Brayley is a crater of Eratosthenian age.[3]

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 Brayley.

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Brayley D crater

References

  1. [1]
    Apollo Over the Moon: A View From Orbit, NASA SP-362, 1978, Figure 228.
  2. [2]
    "Brayley (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  3. [3]
    The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 12.2.
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