Lacroix (moon crater)
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| Lacroix (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 37.94 ° S , 59.18 ° W | |
| diameter | 36 km | |
| depth | 2360 m | |
| Card sheet | 110 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Sylvestre Lacroix (1765-1843) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lacroix is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , north of the Schickard whale plain . The crater rim is moderately eroded. In the southeast it is overlaid by the Lacroix J secondary crater . The interior of the crater is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 35.12 ° S , 55.32 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
| B. | 37.09 ° S , 60.55 ° W | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| E. | 40 ° S , 63.01 ° W | 20 km | [3] |
| F. | 40.74 ° S , 61.7 ° W | 15 km | [4] |
| G | 36.62 ° S , 59.25 ° W | 49 km | [5] |
| H | 38.67 ° S , 57.82 ° W | 12 km | [6] |
| J | 38.37 ° S , 59.45 ° W | 18 km | [7] |
| K | 35.13 ° S , 57.86 ° W | 48 km | [8th] |
| L. | 35.7 ° S , 58.4 ° W | 9 km | [9] |
| M. | 35.92 ° S , 57.03 ° W | 13 km | [10] |
| N | 37.27 ° S , 57.97 ° W | 13 km | [11] |
| P | 35.22 ° S , 53.84 ° W | 8 kilometers | [12] |
| R. | 34.46 ° S , 60.23 ° W | 19 km | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician Sylvestre Lacroix .
Web links
- Lacroix in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lacroix 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 .