Spencer Jones (crater)

Spencer Jones (crater)

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Coordinates
Diameter	156 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	195° at sunrise
Eponym	Harold Spencer Jones

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Oblique view of the interior from Apollo 16

Spencer Jones is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is a roughly circular feature with a rim edge that is only moderately eroded. The inner wall of Spencer Jones is wider than elsewhere. The interior floor is relatively level with a low ridge offset to the south of the midpoint. Attached to the southwestern outer rim is the small satellite crater Spencer Jones Q.

It is named after its discoverer Harold Spencer Jones.

Just over 20 km from Spencer Jones is the slightly smaller crater Papaleksi to the south-southwest. To the northeast lies Anderson.

The crater lies at the southwest margin of the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.

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 Spencer Jones.

Spencer Jones	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
H	12.1° N	167.9° E	17 km
J	9.7° N	168.0° E	12 km
K	10.4° N	167.0° E	29 km
Q	12.0° N	164.4° E	17 km
W	15.2° N	163.3° E	50 km