- For other craters with the name, see Beer (crater).
| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 27.1° N, 9.1° W |
| Diameter | 10 km |
| Depth | 1.7 km |
| Colongitude | 9° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Wilhelm W. Beer |
Beer is a relatively small lunar impact crater located on the Mare Imbrium, to the east of Timocharis crater. Just to the northwest is the matching twin Feuillée crater.
Beer is a circular, cup-shaped crater with a sharp-edged rim that has not been significantly eroded. The interior has a higher albedo than the surrounding lunar mare, which is usually an indication of a relatively young crater. A string of craterlets arc away from the rim to the southwest.
The maria to the east has a higher albedo than the surrounding surface, and this lighter-hued surface reaches to the base of the Montes Archimedes. To the southeast of Beer is a lunar dome that is of comparable diameter to the crater.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Beer crater.
| Beer | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 27.2° N | 8.6° W | 4 km |
| B | 25.7° N | 9.0° W | 2 km |
| E | 27.8° N | 7.8° W | 3 km |
References
| General references for lunar craters |
|---|
| Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097. |
| Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. |
| Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2. |
| Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3. |
| Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136. |
| Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. |
| Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press. |
| Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8. |
| Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, 6th revision, Dover. ISBN 0-486-20917-2. |
| Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62248-4. |
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