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{{Infobox Lunar crater
| image = Wargo crater by LROC (M1257490324L).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = LRO image of Wargo crater
| coordinates = {{coord|27.68|N|148.62|W|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter = {{convert|13.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}[1]
| depth = ≈{{convert|3000|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}[2]
| colong = 149
| eponym = Michael J. Wargo[3]
}}Wargo is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of Blazhko, and to the west of Joule. Wargo is a fresh crater with a prominent ray system. It lies on the western rim of Joule T, a satellite crater of Joule, and was formed by an asteroid about a thousand meters across (several thousand feet) impacting the ridge of Joule T at {{convert|3|to|12|mi/s|km/s|0|order=flip}}. The crater is {{convert|13.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} in diameter and approximately {{convert|3000|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}} in depth.[2] The crater was unnamed until its name was approved in 2017 by the IAU.[1] References 1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15611 |title=Wargo |work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=International Astronomical Union |date=25 July 2017 |accessdate=8 February 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/lunar-crater-named-after-former-nasa-chief-exploration-scientist |title=Lunar Crater Named After Former NASA Chief Exploration Scientist |publisher=NASA |editor-first=Erin |editor-last=Mahoney |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=8 February 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=166329664 |title=Michael J. Wargo (1951 - 2013) |work=The New York Times |date=9 August 2013 |accessdate=8 February 2018}}
Further reading {{refbegin}}- {{cite book |last1=Andersson |first1=L. E. |last2=Whitaker |first2=E. A. |authorlink2=Ewen Whitaker |date=1982 |title=NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature |publisher=NASA RP-1097 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite web |last=Blue |first=Jennifer |date=25 July 2007 |title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=USGS |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ |accessdate=5 August 2007 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bussey |first1=B. |authorlink1=Ben Bussey |last2=Spudis |first2=P. |authorlink2=Paul Spudis |date=2004 |title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-521-81528-4 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |last1=Cocks |first1=Elijah E. |last2=Cocks |first2=Josiah C. |date=1995 |title=Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |publisher=Tudor Publishers |isbn=978-0-936389-27-1 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite web |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |date=15 July 2007 |url=http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/ |title=Lunar Nomenclature |publisher=Jonathan's Space Report |accessdate=24 October 2007 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Menzel |first1=D. H. |last2=Minnaert |first2=M. |last3=Levin |first3=B. |last4=Dollfus |first4=A. |last5=Bell |first5=B. |title=Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU |doi=10.1007/BF00171763 |journal=Space Science Reviews |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=136–186 |date=1971 |bibcode=1971SSRv...12..136M |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |first=Patrick |last=Moore |authorlink=Patrick Moore |date=2001 |title=On the Moon |publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0-304-35469-6 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |first=Fred W. |last=Price |date=1988 |title=The Moon Observer's Handbook |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-33500-3 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |last=Rükl |first=Antonín |authorlink=Antonín Rükl |date=1990 |title=Atlas of the Moon |publisher=Kalmbach Books |isbn=978-0-913135-17-4 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |last=Webb |first=Rev. T. W. |authorlink=Thomas William Webb |date=1962 |title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes |edition=6th revised |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-20917-3 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |first=Ewen A. |last=Whitaker |authorlink=Ewen Whitaker |date=1999 |title=Mapping and Naming the Moon |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-62248-6 |ref=harv}}
- {{cite book |first=Peter T. |last=Wlasuk |date=2000 |title=Observing the Moon |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-85233-193-1 |ref=harv}}
{{refend}} External links {{commons category-inline|Wargo (crater)|Wargo}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} 2 : Impact craters on the Moon|LQ08 quadrangle |