What is "barringer"

Barringer as a name may refer to:

• Anthony R. Barringer (1925-2009), Canadian/American geophysicist and inventor
• Daniel Barringer (1860–1929), American geologist best known for proving the Meteor Crater to be an impact crater
• Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788–1832), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, 1825-1834.
• Daniel Moreau Barringer (1806–1873), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, 1843-1848.
• Emily Barringer (1876–1961), American and the first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency
• Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), South Australian artist, sister-in-law to Gwen Barringer
• Gwen Barringer (1882–1960) South Australian watercolorist
• Jennifer Simpson, née Barringer, (born 1986), American track and field athlete
• Leslie Barringer (1895–1968), British fantasy author
• Patricia Barringer (1924–2007), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player and manager
• Rufus Barringer (1821–1895), Confederate military general from North Carolina during the American Civil War
• William H. Barringer (1841–1917), Union hero of the American Civil War
• William N. Barringer, superintendent of Newark Public Schools for whom Barringer High School is named

Barringer may also refer to:

• The Barringer Crater (or The Meteor Crater), located near Flagstaff, Arizona, one of the largest and best-known meteorite craters on Earth
• The Barringer lunar crater, posthumously named after Daniel Barringer
• The Barringer Medal, given annually by the Meteoritical Society for research on impact cratering and allied fields

Barringer is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the north-northeastern rim of the walled basin named Apollo, and lies to the southeast of Plummer. South of Barringer, on the floor of the Apollo basin, is the crater Scobee.

This crater is generally circular in form, with a slight outward bulge along the western rim. The outer rampart of ejecta spills over slightly into the Apollo basin floor, but the remainder of the rim lies in rugged irregular ground. At the midpoint is a central peak formation with a pair of tiny craters to either side: east and southwest. The remaining floor is relatively flat to the north and somewhat more irregular to the south.