De Vico (moon crater)
De Vico | ||
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De Vico with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 19.74 ° S , 60.31 ° W | |
diameter | 22 km | |
Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
Named after | Francesco de Vico (1805-1848) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
De Vico is an impact crater on the front of the moon , west of the Mare Humorum , northwest of the Henry Frères crater and southeast of Crüger . The bowl-shaped crater is only slightly eroded.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 18.76 ° S , 63.6 ° W | 34 km | [1] |
AA | 18.85 ° S , 63.21 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
B. | 17.86 ° S , 58.82 ° W | 8 kilometers | [3] |
C. | 20.65 ° S , 62.36 ° W | 13 km | [4] |
D. | 21.14 ° S , 62.04 ° W | 13 km | [5] |
E. | 21.18 ° S , 61.49 ° W | 12 km | [6] |
F. | 19.09 ° S , 62.72 ° W | 13 km | [7] |
G | 18.98 ° S , 58.91 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
H | 19.91 ° S , 59.28 ° W | 8 kilometers | [9] |
K | 20.09 ° S , 58.41 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
L. | 19.87 ° S , 57.87 ° W | 5 km | [11] |
M. | 21.09 ° S , 59.28 ° W | 6 km | [12] |
N | 19.78 ° S , 61.91 ° W | 6 km | [13] |
P | 20.4 ° S , 60.8 ° W | 29 km | [14] |
R. | 19.47 ° S , 62.01 ° W | 14 km | [15] |
S. | 19.53 ° S , 63.48 ° W | 10 km | [16] |
T | 18.69 ° S , 61.8 ° W | 40 km | [17] |
X | 20.48 ° S , 60.24 ° W | 6 km | [18] |
Y | 20.37 ° S , 60.42 ° W | 7 km | [19] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Francesco de Vico .