Haworth (crater)

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Haworth is an impact crater on the lunar front side near the south pole, south-east of the crater Cabeus and northwest of Shoemaker. The crater is polygonal in shape and eroded, strongly furrowed the interior.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 2008 by the British chemist and Nobel laureate Walter Norman Haworth.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Near side of the Moon Shoemaker (lunar crater) International Astronomical Union
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