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Darney
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates14°30′S 23°30′W / 14.5°S 23.5°W / -14.5; -23.5
Diameter14.81 km (9.20 mi)[1]
Depth2.96 km (1.84 mi)[2]
Colongitude24° at sunrise
EponymMaurice Darney
Oblique view facing south from Apollo 16
Another oblique view from Apollo 16

Darney is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the southern border of the Mare Cognitum. To the south is the lava-flooded crater Lubiniezky.[3] The southern rim of Darney is attached to a series of low ridges that extend to the southwest.[4]

This is a bowl-shaped formation with a small interior floor at the midpoint of the sloping inner walls. The crater has a relatively high albedo compared to the surrounding dark lunar mare,[5]: 76  and it is at the focus of a small ray system[6] extending for 110 kilometers.

This crater is named after French astronomer Maurice Darney (1882–1958). His name was included in the lunar nomenclature of Greek-French selenographer Félix C. Lamèch.[7] Its designation was formally adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.[1]

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Darney.[8]

Darney[5]: 296  Latitude Longitude Diameter
B 14.8° S 26.4° W 4 km
C 14.1° S 26.0° W 13 km
D 14.5° S 27.0° W 6 km
E 12.4° S 25.4° W 4 km
F 13.3° S 26.4° W 4 km
J 14.3° S 21.4° W 7 km

References

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  1. ^ a b "Darney". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  2. ^ Joshi, Maitri P. (February 2017). "Physical properties of lunar craters". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 17 (3). id. 24. Bibcode:2017RAA....17...24J. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/17/3/24.
  3. ^ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
  4. ^ "LAC 76" (PDF). Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  5. ^ a b Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
  6. ^ Grego, Peter (2005). The Moon and How to Observe It. Astronomers' Observing Guides Series. London: Springer-Verlag. p. 173. ISBN 1-85233-748-6.
  7. ^ Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. pp. 168, 228. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
  8. ^ Grego, P. (2015). "Satellite Crater". In Hargitai, H.; Kereszturi, Á. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_328.