thumb|right|240px|Oblique view from [[Apollo 14, facing northwest]]
Richardson is a large lunar impact crater located on the Moon's far side, just behind the eastern limb. It lies to the south of the huge walled plain Harkhebi, and to the east-southeast of the crater Vestine. Just to the northeast is Szilard, and to the southeast is Artamonov.
On the lunar geologic timescale, Richardson dates from the Pre-Nectarian period. this crater was known as Crater 114. The crater is named after Owen Willans Richardson (1879–1959), a British physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his pioneering work on thermionic emission. The IAU officially adopted the name "Richardson" for this crater in 1979 in recognition of his contributions to science.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Richardson.
{| class="wikitable"
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Richardson
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter
|-
|align="center"|E
|align="center"|31.9° N
|align="center"|103.6° E
|align="center"|22 km
|-
|align="center"|W
|align="center"|33.5° N
|align="center"|98.3° E
|align="center"|23 km
|}
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