Lick (crater)

Lick (crater)

240px Apollo 15 mapping camera image
Coordinates
Diameter	31 km
Depth	unknown
Colongitude	308° at sunrise
Eponym	James Lick

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Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Lick is a lunar crater that has been flooded with basaltic lava. The north rim is attached to the smaller, bowl-shaped crater Greaves. Lick lies on the southwest edge of Mare Crisium. Its rim is broken at the north and south ends, and the southwest rim is attached to the crater remnant Lick A. There is a small, flooded crater within the southern part of Lick's inner floor, and several tiny craters mark the interior surface. A small, unnamed crater at the east rim has a bright ray system.

This crater was named in memory of James Lick, a Californian philanthropist.

Satellite craters

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

Lick	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	11.5° N	52.8° E	23 km
B	11.2° N	51.4° E	24 km
C	11.5° N	52.0° E	9 km
E	10.6° N	50.7° E	8 km
F	10.1° N	50.2° E	22 km
G	10.1° N	50.9° E	5 km
K	10.2° N	52.8° E	6 km
L	8.7° N	49.0° E	5 km
N	9.7° N	47.9° E	23 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

• Lick D — See Greaves.

See also

• 1951 Lick, minor planet