Capuanus (moon crater)
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| Capuanus and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 34.08 ° S , 26.77 ° W | |
| diameter | 60 km | |
| depth | 1600 m | |
| Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia (15th century) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Capuanus is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front , on the southern edge of the Palus Epidemiarum , south of the Mercator crater and west of Cichus . The rim of the crater is badly eroded and the interior is flooded with lava .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 34.7 ° S , 25.76 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
| B. | 34.32 ° S , 27.74 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 34.89 ° S , 25.39 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 36.43 ° S , 26.4 ° W | 21 km | [4] |
| E. | 37.55 ° S , 27.23 ° W | 28 km | [5] |
| F. | 36.97 ° S , 26.77 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
| H | 39.4 ° S , 27.35 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
| K | 37.9 ° S , 26.63 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
| L. | 38.34 ° S , 26.5 ° W | 11 km | [9] |
| M. | 37.5 ° S , 25.76 ° W | 6 km | [10] |
| P | 35.46 ° S , 28.61 ° W | 69 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia .
Web links
- Capuanus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Capuanus 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 .