page_title: Espin (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Espin (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Oblique view of Espin, on the far side of the moon. North is in upper right.
context_page_description: Espin is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northeastern limb. It lies to the west-southwest of the larger crater Seyfert, and northwest of Deutsch.
  This is a worn formation with heavy damage along the northern rim. Several small craters lie along the northern edge, and a crater lies across the southern rim. The northern part of the interior floor is somewhat irregular, but it is more level to the south. A ray from the crater Giordano Bruno to the north-northwest reaches the western interior of Espin.
  It is named after Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin, an amateur astronomer who was Vicar of Tow Law from
context_section_description: Espin is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northeastern limb. It lies to the west-southwest of the larger crater Seyfert, and northwest of Deutsch.
  This is a worn formation with heavy damage along the northern rim. Several small craters lie along the northern edge, and a crater lies across the southern rim. The northern part of the interior floor is somewhat irregular, but it is more level to the south. A ray from the crater Giordano Bruno to the north-northwest reaches the western interior of Espin.
  It is named after Thomas  Henry Espinell Compton Espin, an amateur astronomer who was Vicar of Tow Law  from
caption: Oblique Apollo 16 mapping camera image (facing northwest)
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