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Very
	Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates	25°36′N 25°18′E / 25.6°N 25.3°E
Diameter	5 km
Depth	1.0 km
Colongitude	335° at sunrise
Eponym	Frank W. Very

Very is a small lunar impact crater located in the eastern part of Mare Serenitatis, to the west-southwest of Le Monnier. It lies upon a wrinkle ridge that runs to the north and south named Dorsa Smirnov. It was named after American astronomer Frank W. Very.^[1] The crater was previously known as Le Monnier B, a satellite crater of Le Monnier, before being renamed by the IAU in 1973.^[2]

References

^ "Very (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ Very, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

External links

LTO-42b3 Very — L&PI topographic map

[1] "Very (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[2] Very, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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Very (lunar crater)

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