Haskin is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located Southwest of the Hevesy crater and the Plaskett crater; the latter of which is located directly adjacent to the large Rozhdestvenskiy crater. The crater was adopted and named after American chemist Larry Haskin by the IAU in 2009.[1]

Haskin
Coordinates81°30′N 133°54′E / 81.5°N 133.9°E / 81.5; 133.9
Diameter58.4 km
EponymLarry Haskin [es]

References

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  1. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Haskin on Moon". Retrieved 27 October 2016.