Spencer Jones is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is a roughly circular feature with a rim edge that is only moderately eroded. The inner wall of Spencer Jones is wider than elsewhere. The interior floor is relatively level with a low ridge offset to the south of the midpoint. Attached to the southwestern outer rim is the small satellite crater Spencer Jones Q.
 LRO mosaic | |
| Coordinates | 13°18′N 165°36′E / 13.3°N 165.6°E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 156 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 195° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Harold Spencer Jones |
It is named after British astronomer Harold Spencer Jones.
Just over 20 km from Spencer Jones is the slightly smaller crater Papaleksi to the south-southwest. To the northeast lies Anderson.
The crater lies at the southwest margin of the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.
Satellite craters
editBy convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Spencer Jones.
| Spencer Jones |
Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 12.1° N | 167.9° E | 17 km |
| J | 9.7° N | 168.0° E | 12 km |
| K | 10.4° N | 167.0° E | 29 km |
| Q | 12.0° N | 164.4° E | 17 km |
| W | 15.2° N | 163.3° E | 50 km |
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