Gauricus (moon crater)
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| position | 33.92 ° S , 12.83 ° W | |
| diameter | 80 km | |
| depth | 2370 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Lucas Gauricus (1476–1558) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Gauricus is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , south of Mare Nubium , south of Pitatus crater (moon crater) and east of Wurzelbauer . The crater is very badly eroded, the interior is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 35.62 ° S , 13.65 ° W | 37 km | [1] |
| B. | 35.39 ° S , 12.34 ° W | 20 km | [2] |
| C. | 35.23 ° S , 10.82 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 35.15 ° S , 11.55 ° W | 12 km | [4] |
| E. | 32.56 ° S , 11.93 ° W | 7 km | [5] |
| F. | 33.11 ° S , 12.79 ° W | 12 km | [6] |
| G | 34 ° S , 11.15 ° W | 18 km | [7] |
| H | 38.23 ° S , 13.47 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
| J | 32.37 ° S , 12.05 ° W | 10 km | [9] |
| K | 33.36 ° S , 14.05 ° W | 5 km | [10] |
| L. | 34.07 ° S , 13.98 ° W | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 34.42 ° S , 13.77 ° W | 5 km | [12] |
| N | 32.45 ° S , 12.83 ° W | 7 km | [13] |
| P | 35.1 ° S , 12.6 ° W | 5 km | [14] |
| R. | 34.88 ° S , 13.41 ° W | 6 km | [15] |
| S. | 33.9 ° S , 10.25 ° W | 15 km | [16] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian bishop and astronomer Lucas Gauricus .
Web links
- Gauricus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gauricus 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 .