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Lockyer is a lunar crater that is located along the western wall of the large walled plain Janssen. This crater is roughly circular with a slight outward bulge along the eastern side. The edge of the rim is only lightly eroded, with an indentation in the side to the north-northwest. The interior floor is relatively featureless, except for a small crater along the edge of the southern inner wall.
As a surname Lockyer may refer to:
- Bill Lockyer (born 1941), American Politician
- Darren Lockyer (born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer
- Edmund Lockyer (1784-1860), British soldier and Australian explorer
- Herbert Lockyer, minister and biblical writer
- James Lockyer, Ontario, Canadian lawyer and social justice activist
- James E. Lockyer (born 1949), New Brunswick, Canadian lawyer, politician
- Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), English scientist and astronomer
- Lionel Lockyer (c. 1600-1672), a quack doctor, whose remains now lie in a tomb in Southwark Cathedral
- Malcolm Lockyer (1923-1976), film composer and conductor
- Peter Lockyer, actor and singer
- Tarkyn Lockyer (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
- Tom Lockyer (cricketer) (1826-1869), English cricketer
- Tom Lockyer (footballer) (born 1994), Welsh professional footballer
It may also refer to these places:
- Lockyer Valley, Queensland - named after Edmund Lockyer
- Lockyer Creek, a creek in the Lockyer Valley
- Electoral district of Lockyer, Queensland, Australia
- Lockyer (lunar crater)
- Lockyer (Martian crater)
Lockyer is a crater in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars, located at 28° North and 199.5° West. It is 71 km in diameter and was named after Joseph N. Lockyer, a British astronomer (1836-1920). Lockyer is fairly easy to spot on Mars maps because it sits in the relatively young northern hemisphere, where there are few craters. It is close to Elysium Mons and Hecates Tholus, two large volcanoes.
Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak. The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.
Wikilockyer.jpg|Lockyer, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Image:Lockyer Crater.JPG|Lockyer's central hills, as seen by HiRISE. Image:layers in Lockyer Crater.jpg|Layers in Lockyer, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.