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Guest crater on the Moon
17 August 2017
A crater on the Moon has been named after the late John Guest (1938-2012), a pioneer in volcanology and planetary science, who inspired generations of colleagues and students at UCL for over half a century.
During his time at UCL, John established the emerging disciplines of planetary geology and physical volcanology and, in 1980, he founded the first NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility outside the USA.
The lunar feature, whose name was recently approved (25 July 2017) by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, is described in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Guest. The crater is shown in context and close up in the images below.
A summary of John's life and the legacy of his ground-breaking work can be found in his obituary from The Geological Society.
Links
- Guest crater in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility at UCL
- John Guest obituary from The Geological Society