De Vico (moon crater)

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De Vico
De Vico - LROC - WAC.JPG
De Vico with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
De Vico (moon equatorial region)
De Vico
position 19.74 °  S , 60.31 °  W Coordinates: 19 ° 44 ′ 24 "  S , 60 ° 18 ′ 36"  W
diameter 22 km
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Named after Francesco de Vico (1805-1848)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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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.

List of side craters of De Vico
Letter position diameter link
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 .

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