Fracastorius (moon crater)
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Fracastorius with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 21.39 ° S , 33.03 ° O | |
diameter | 121 km | |
depth | 1480 m | |
Card sheet | 97 (PDF) | |
Named after | Girolamo Fracastoro (around 1483–1553) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Fracastorius is an impact crater to the east of the front of the moon , on the southern edge of the Mare Nectaris , north of the Piccolomini crater . The rim of the crater has been severely eroded and the interior has been flooded by the lavas of the Mare , the northern rim has disappeared.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 24.48 ° S , 36.41 ° E | 18 km | [1] |
B. | 22.59 ° S , 37.24 ° O | 27 km | [2] |
C. | 24.64 ° S , 34.52 ° O | 17 km | [3] |
D. | 21.86 ° S , 30.8 ° E | 27 km | [4] |
E. | 20.28 ° S , 30.99 ° E | 13 km | [5] |
G | 21.22 ° S , 38.33 ° E | 16 km | [6] |
H | 20.8 ° S , 30.56 ° E | 20 km | [7] |
J | 20.87 ° S , 37.35 ° O | 12 km | [8th] |
K | 25.42 ° S , 34.67 ° O | 17 km | [9] |
L. | 20.69 ° S , 33.18 ° E | 4 km | [10] |
M. | 21.82 ° S , 32.9 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
N | 23.3 ° S , 33.94 ° O | 10 km | [12] |
P | 25.53 ° S , 33.33 ° E | 8 kilometers | [13] |
Q | 25.22 ° S , 33.2 ° E | 8 kilometers | [14] |
R. | 23.89 ° S , 33.66 ° E | 5 km | [15] |
S. | 19.05 ° S , 31.95 ° O | 4 km | [16] |
T | 19.88 ° S , 37.36 ° E | 16 km | [17] |
W. | 22.72 ° S , 35.68 ° O | 8 kilometers | [18] |
X | 23.08 ° S , 31.01 ° O | 7 km | [19] |
Y | 23.09 ° S , 31.94 ° E | 13 km | [20] |
Z | 24.91 ° S , 33.55 ° O | 10 km | [21] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian doctor.
Web links
- Fracastorius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Fracastorius 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 .