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A Clementine image of the Moon, centered at 90°W. shows the newly named Pierazzo Crater outlined in black. Above middle, a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera mosaic of the crater. Above right, a close-up of an impact melt flow observed in the discontinuous ejecta blanket.

Crater on moon named for late Tucson scientist

May 28, 2015 ◇ Dylan Smith/TucsonSentinel.com

Elisabetta "Betty" Pierazzo, a leading expert in the modeling of impact crater formation who worked at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, now has one of those craters named after her. Pierazzo Crater, on the far side of the moon, is nine kilometers wide, with debris spread more than 450 kilometers from its rim. Read more»