La Caille (moon crater)
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| La Caille and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 23.65 ° S , 1.04 ° E | |
| diameter | 61 km | |
| depth | 2760 m | |
| Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713–1762) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
La Caille is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front , east of Mare Nubium , northeast of Purbach crater and northwest of Blanchinus .
The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior is flooded by lava and is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 22.88 ° S , 0.34 ° E | 8 kilometers | [1] |
| B. | 20.97 ° S , 1.31 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 21.25 ° S , 1.3 ° E | 14 km | [3] |
| D. | 23.67 ° S , 2.12 ° E | 11 km | [4] |
| E. | 23.47 ° S , 2.7 ° E | 28 km | [5] |
| F. | 23.62 ° S , 3.33 ° E | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| G | 20.54 ° S , 1.93 ° E | 11 km | [7] |
| H | 24.8 ° S , 0.7 ° E | 6 km | [8th] |
| J | 22.54 ° S , 0.8 ° E | 5 km | [9] |
| K | 21 ° S , 0.47 ° E | 29 km | [10] |
| L. | 24.72 ° S , 1.29 ° O | 5 km | [11] |
| M. | 22.34 ° S , 1.57 ° E | 16 km | [12] |
| N | 21.98 ° S , 1.2 ° E | 11 km | [13] |
| P | 22.44 ° S , 0.02 ° W | 23 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille .
South of La Caille, when the moon is around 6.7 days, shortly before reaching the first quarter of the moon , the visual effect Lunar X can be observed on the lunar terminator .
Web links
- La Caille in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- La Caille on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges VISCARDY: Atlas guide photographique de la lune. Ouvrage de référence à haute résolution. Masson, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-225-81090-7