Le Verrier (lunar crater)

Le Verrier is a small lunar impact crater located in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium.

It was named after French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.

[1] To the west is the slightly larger crater Helicon, and farther to the west-northwest lies the mountain-ringed bay Sinus Iridum.

Le Verrier, sometimes written Leverrier, is a bowl-shaped feature with a nearly circular rim.

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Le Verrier.

View of Helicon (left) and Le Verrier (right). While Helicon's ejecta is buried by the mare lava, Le Verrier's is not. (The mountain on the horizon at left is Promontorium Laplace . Image taken by Apollo 15 ).