Guest is a
lunar
Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon".
Lunar may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games
* "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta
* "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior t ...
impact crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...
that is located on the
far side
''The Far Side'' is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealis ...
of the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
, just west of the large crater
Fermi
Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist and the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and ...
and north of
Izsak. Guest overlies an unnamed crater of similar size to the north, forming a pair. With its high
albedo
Albedo (; ) is the measure of the diffuse reflection of sunlight, solar radiation out of the total solar radiation and measured on a scale from 0, corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation, to 1, corresponding to a body ...
, the crater is probably young.
The crater is named after the British geologist, vulcanologist and planetary scientist
John Guest (geologist)
John Edward Guest (6 December 1938 – 19 May 2012), was a British volcanologist and planetary scientist.
Education and family
Guest was born in London, England). He studied at University College London (UCL) and he graduated there in 1962. He ...
by the
IAU
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach ...
in 2017.
[Guest]
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
See also
*
List of people with craters of the Moon named after them
The following is a list of people whose names were given to craters of the Moon. The list of approved names in the ''Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature'' maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the person the crater is named ...
References
External links
AS15-P-9625 high-resolution image of Guest from Apollo 15 panoramic camera
Guest at The Moon Wiki*{{Commonscat-inline
Impact craters on the Moon