Gardner (crater)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Lunar crater
Gardner is a small lunar impact crater in the northeast part of the Moon. It was named after an American physicist Irvine Clifton Gardner in 1976.<ref>Template:Gpn</ref> It lies due east of the crater Vitruvius, in a section of rough terrain north of the Mare Tranquillitatis. Gardner was previously designated Vitruvius A before being given its present name by the IAU. To the northeast of Gardner is the larger crater Maraldi.
It is a circular crater with sloping inner walls and an interior floor that occupies about half the total crater diameter. The southern half of the floor has a slight rise before reaching the inner wall. The crater is not significantly eroded, and the outer rim is relatively sharp and well-defined. The most distinctive feature is a row of four rounded hills along the northern floor of the crater.
To the south is an elevated area unofficially known as the Gardner Megadome.<ref>The Lamont - Gardner Megadome Alignment: A Lunar Volcano-Tectonic Structure?
Charles A. Wood, with images by Wes Higgins, KC Pau and Giorgio Mengoli, Managua Office, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719. PDF</ref> In the vicinity of the dome are satellite craters including Vitruvius B, H, and T, and Maraldi D.
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External links
- LTO-43D4 Vitruvius — L&PI topographic map
- Debris Flows in Gardner Crater - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter page with images
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