Baco (moon crater)

Baco
Baco (below) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	51.06 °  S , 19.15 °  E Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '36 "  S , 19 ° 9' 0"  E
diameter	65 km
depth	2490 m
Card sheet	127 (PDF)
Named after	Roger Bacon (1214 − ca. 1294)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Baco is an impact crater south of the lunar front , east of Cuvier crater and west of Pitiscus . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.

List of Baco minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	53.04 °  S , 20.2 °  E	39 km	[1]
B.	49.68 °  S , 16.6 °  E	41 km	[2]
C.	50.93 °  S , 14.7 °  E	13 km	[3]
D.	51.74 °  S , 16.26 °  E	7 km	[4]
E.	53.03 °  S , 16.13 °  E	27 km	[5]
F.	50.37 °  S , 17.66 °  E	6 km	[6]
G	54.49 °  S , 17.13 °  E	8 kilometers	[7]
H	52.08 °  S , 18.94 °  E	6 km	[8th]
J	54.84 °  S , 19.25 °  O	17 km	[9]
K	54.09 °  S , 17.59 °  E	28 km	[10]
L.	49.61 °  S , 16.73 °  E	6 km	[11]
M.	49.29 °  S , 17.94 °  E	7 km	[12]
N	50.91 °  S , 16.21 °  O	19 km	[13]
O	52.15 °  S , 19.88 °  E	9 km	[14]
P	51.05 °  S , 19.68 °  E	3 km	[15]
Q	52.44 °  S , 18.62 °  E	17 km	[16]
R.	49.27 °  S , 20.9 °  E	19 km	[17]
S.	49.44 °  S , 18.45 °  E	17 km	[18]
T	53.9 °  S , 19.77 °  O	5 km	[19]
U	52.51 °  S , 19.31 °  O	6 km	[20]
W.	53.39 °  S , 21.11 °  O	9 km	[21]
Z	53.13 °  S , 14.92 °  O	7 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English natural philosopher Roger Bacon .

Web links

• Baco in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Baco on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .