Hornsby (crater)

Hornsby

Hornsby Crater is mapped on the left and features other features in the south of Mare Serenitatis, the Sea of Serenity
Coordinates	23°48′N 12°30′E / 23.8°N 12.5°E / 23.8; 12.5Coordinates: 23°48′N 12°30′E / 23.8°N 12.5°E / 23.8; 12.5
Diameter	3 km
Depth	0.4 km
Colongitude	348° at sunrise
Eponym	Thomas Hornsby

Hornsby is a tiny lunar crater in the western part of the Mare Serenitatis, a lunar mare in the northeast quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is a solitary formation that is located at least 100 kilometers from any significant craters with the closest being Bessel in the east-southeast, although the curiously shaped depression Aratus CA lies about 50 km to the west-northwest. To the north-northwest is Linné, a feature notable for its skirt of high-albedo material, about 100km norhtheast is Banting crater and south-southwest is Sulpicius Gallus crater. To the west of Hornsby is the wrinkle ridge named Dorsum Von Cotta.