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Parry [7,9S, 15,8W]

Age : Pré-Imbrien

Auteur du nom: Mädler (1834) 

Sir William E. Parry

 (1790-1855). Amiral et explorateur polaire anglais


Parry  est un cratère de 48 Km et profond de 560 m, attaché par le mur Nord-est à Fra Mauro (95 Km) et au Sud-ouest au cratère Bonpland (60 Km). Au sud du trio, on trouve le petit cratère de Tolansky (13 Km, 880 m). La muraille de Parry est fortement érodée et légèrement tordu à cause des formations Co-jointives. Le mur est le plus élevé au Nord-ouest. Le plancher a été inondé par la lave donnant un aspect relativement plat tout en étant constellé de craterlets. Au point médian on trouve les craterlets les plus gros. Un rainure (Rimae Parry) longue de 300 Km passe par la partie Sud-est de Parry.

 

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Parry is a lunar crater that is attached to the southeast rim of the Fra Mauro walled-plain. Attached to the west and southwest rim of Parry is the Bonpland crater. Due south of Parry is the small Tolansky crater, and further to the south-southwest is Guericke crater.
The rim of Parry is heavily worn and slightly distorted due to the co-joined formations. The wall is the most prominent along the northwest, and crossed along the southwest by the small 'Parry B' crater. The floor has been flooded by lava, and is relatively flat. At the mid-point is a pair of tiny craterlets. A rille system crosses the southeast rim in a northeast direction before crossing the east rim and continuing a short distance across the surrounding mare.

Parry