Barocius (moon crater)
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Barocius (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 45.03 ° S , 16.8 ° 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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .