Turner (crater)

Turner is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the Mare Insularum, near the Moon's equator.

The crater was named after British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner.

Turner is a circular, cone-shaped crater with inner walls that slope down to the midpoint.

A similar-sized ghost crater is attached to the western rim, its interior floor submerged by lava and the surviving rim broken in the southwest.

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

The crater(to the right) area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
Oblique view of Turner from Apollo 16
View of the terminator from Apollo 12 , with Turner left of center and Gambart at left. Apollo 14 landing site is in shadow at right (unmarked).