Licetus (moon crater)
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| Licetus (top center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 47.22 ° S , 6.45 ° E | |
| diameter | 75 km | |
| depth | 3530 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Licetus is an impact crater on the front of the moon , south of Stöfler crater and northeast of Cuvier . The crater is heavily eroded , the northern part of the crater interior is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 47.86 ° S , 3.1 ° O | 8 kilometers | [1] |
| B. | 46.51 ° S , 4.76 ° E | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 47.55 ° S , 5.43 ° O | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 48 ° S , 4.32 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| E. | 44.67 ° S , 1.76 ° O | 19 km | [5] |
| F. | 46.04 ° S , 0.81 ° E | 31 km | [6] |
| G | 43.86 ° S , 1.78 ° E | 11 km | [7] |
| H | 45.99 ° S , 3.02 ° E | 10 km | [8th] |
| J | 44.3 ° S , 3.01 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
| K | 45.58 ° S , 0.14 ° W | 6 km | [10] |
| L. | 47.31 ° S , 0.93 ° E | 5 km | [11] |
| M. | 46.85 ° S , 1.74 ° E | 9 km | [12] |
| N | 45.58 ° S , 2.11 ° E | 8 kilometers | [13] |
| P | 47.7 ° S , 2.17 ° E | 21 km | [14] |
| Q | 47.27 ° S , 9.6 ° O | 8 kilometers | [15] |
| R. | 45.29 ° S , 3.73 ° O | 7 km | [16] |
| S. | 45.31 ° S , 8.11 ° E | 10 km | [17] |
| T | 45.89 ° S , 6.5 ° E | 7 km | [18] |
| U | 47.04 ° S , 7.31 ° E | 7 km | [19] |
| W. | 46.03 ° S , 8.46 ° E | 7 km | [20] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian doctor and physicist Fortunio Liceti .
Web links
- Licetus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Licetus 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 .