Written by Steve Smithson
Wednesday, 08 May 2002 07:31
Well, not quite. But a lunar crater is named after James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution. The crater, named in 1976, is located in the upper right quadrant of the moon's visible disc, at 2.5 degrees north and 53.5 degrees east. Crater Smithson joins two craters named after former Smithsonian secretaries, crater Abbot and crater Carmichael.
