Wargo (crater)

Wargo is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of Blazhko, and to the west of Joule.

Wargo

LRO image of Wargo crater
Coordinates	27.68°N 148.62°W
Diameter	13.9 km (8.6 mi)[1]
Depth	≈910 m (3,000 ft)[2]
Colongitude	149° at sunrise
Eponym	Michael J. Wargo[3]

Wargo is a fresh crater with a prominent ray system. It lies on the western rim of Joule T, a satellite crater of Joule, and was formed by an asteroid about a thousand meters across (several thousand feet) impacting the ridge of Joule T at 5 to 19 kilometres per second (3 to 12 mi/s). The crater is 13.9 km (8.6 mi) in diameter and approximately 910 m (3,000 ft) in depth.[2]

The crater was unnamed until its name was approved in 2017 by the IAU.[1] It is named after former NASA Chief Exploration Scientist Michael J. Wargo.[2]

References

Clementine mosaic with Wargo at center, showing most of the ray system.

1. "Wargo". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. Mahoney, Erin, ed. (31 January 2018). "Lunar Crater Named After Former NASA Chief Exploration Scientist". NASA. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. "Michael J. Wargo (1951 - 2013)". The New York Times. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

Further reading

• Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Blue, Jennifer (25 July 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. Retrieved 5 August 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• McDowell, Jonathan (15 July 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 24 October 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Media related to Wargo at Wikimedia Commons