Picard (crater)

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Picard is an impact crater on the moon northeastern front in the plane of the Mare Crisium, east of the crater Yerkes and south of Peirce. The rim is sharp, the interior has pronounced concentric structures.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the French astronomer Jean Picard.

Near side of the Moon Yerkes (crater) Peirce (crater) International Astronomical Union
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