McDonald is a small lunar impact crater located in the central
Mare Imbrium. It was named after American benefactor
William Johnson McDonald and Scottish selenographer
Thomas Logie MacDonald.[1] This crater is a cup-shaped feature with a circular rim, and has not been significantly eroded. It lies to the southeast of the slightly larger crater
Carlini, in an isolated part of the
mare.
This feature was identified as 'Carlini B' prior to being renamed by the
IAU.
References
^"McDonald (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.