Glaisher (crater)

Template:Infobox Lunar crater Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, and west-northwest of the Greaves–Lick crater pair. It is surrounded by a ring of satellite craters of various dimensions, the larger companions generally being arranged to the south of Glaisher.

This crater is circular, with a bowl-shaped interior and a small floor at the midpoint. The crater has not been significantly worn by subsequent impacts. A merged, double-crater formation is attached to its southern rim, consisting of Glaisher E at the northwest end and Glaisher G to the southeast.

The crater was named after British meteorologist James Glaisher and its name was approved by the IAU in 1935.<ref>Glaisher crater, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), retrieved June 2015</ref>

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 Glaisher.

Lunar Orbiter 4 image. Glaisher F is in upper right, Glaisher H is near top center, Glaisher L is above left center, and part of Glaisher E is below Glaisher at center.

Glaisher	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	12.9° N	50.7° E	19 km
B	12.6° N	50.1° E	18 km
E	12.7° N	49.2° E	21 km
F	13.7° N	50.0° E	7 km
G	12.4° N	49.5° E	20 km
H	13.8° N	49.6° E	5 km
L	13.4° N	48.8° E	7 km
M	13.1° N	48.6° E	5 km
N	13.1° N	47.5° E	7 km
V	11.1° N	49.9° E	12 km
W	12.4° N	47.6° E	46 km