In honor of his birthday and the 40th anniversary of "Give Peace A Chance" and the famed Bed-Ins For Peace, a crater on the Moon has been named for musician and peace activist John Lennon.
The news was announced simultaneously on the ImaginePeace.com and Lunar Geographic Society websites. ImaginePeace.com is the official website of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and serves as the vehicle for her continued anti-war efforts in the spirit of her late husband.
According to the official press release:
The crater, which is located in the Moon’s Lacus Somniorum (“Lake of Dreams”) district, has been given the honorary designation as the John Lennon Peace Crater on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Mr. Lennon’s birth.
Forty years ago, in March 1969, Mr. Lennon and his wife, the artist Yoko Ono, staged their first “Bed-In For Peace” in Amsterdam. The event was followed in June of the same year by a second “Bed-In” in Montréal, during which Mr. Lennon composed and recorded the anthem “Give Peace A Chance.”
The John Lennon Peace Crater is part of the Daniell crater group, named for John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845), a London-born physicist, meteorologist and professor of chemistry. It is the largest of three satellite craters to Daniell, and rests in the heart of the Moon’s magnificent Lake of Dreams.
