Barocius (moon crater)

Barocius
Barocius (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	45.03 °  S , 16.8 °  O coordinates: 45 ° 1 '48 "  S , 16 ° 48' 0"  O
diameter	83 km
depth	3520 m
Card sheet	113 (PDF)
Named after	Franciscus Barocius (1537-1604)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Barocius is an impact crater south of the lunar front , southeast of Maurolycus crater, and southwest of Nicolai . The crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat. The northwest crater rim is of the large craters Barocius B superimposed.

List of side craters of Barocius

Letter	position	diameter	link
B.	44.13 °  S , 18.29 °  E	37 km	[1]
C.	43.11 °  S , 17.48 °  E	36 km	[2]
D.	46.08 °  S , 19.17 °  E	9 km	[3]
E.	47.26 °  S , 22.19 °  O	25 km	[4]
EC	48.23 °  S , 22.47 °  E	8 kilometers	[5]
F.	45.97 °  S , 21.61 °  E	15 km	[6]
G	42.52 °  S , 21.03 °  E	28 km	[7]
H	46.72 °  S , 21.61 °  E	11 km	[8th]
J	44.99 °  S , 21.41 °  E	27 km	[9]
K	45.22 °  S , 19.63 °  E	15 km	[10]
L.	42.5 °  S , 18.81 °  E	13 km	[11]
M.	42.47 °  S , 19.46 °  O	16 km	[12]
N	43.21 °  S , 19.76 °  O	10 km	[13]
O	45.77 °  S , 21.91 °  E	5 km	[14]
R.	43.91 °  S , 21.53 °  E	14 km	[15]
S.	42.5 °  S , 21.81 °  E	8 kilometers	[16]
W.	45.72 °  S , 16.2 °  E	20 km	[17]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian mathematician Franciscus Barocius .

Web links

• Barocius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Barocius 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 .