Maraldi (moon crater)
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| Mons Maraldi (center) and Maraldi crater at the Amoris sinus ( NASA photo) | ||
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| position | 19.34 ° N , 34.8 ° E | |
| diameter | 40 km | |
| depth | 1500 m | |
| Card sheet | 43 (PDF) | |
| Named after |
Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788) Giacomo Filippo Maraldi (1665–1729) |
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| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Maraldi is a heavily eroded impact crater on the western bank of the Sinus Amoris in the northeast quadrant of the Earth's moon . In the northwest lies the eroded Littrow crater and in a west-southwest direction the crater Vitruvius . The dome of Mons Maraldi rises straight to the northeast .
The outer edge of Maraldi is heavily worn and has deep cuts. It is more like a circular chain of peaks than a crater rim. The interior of the crater is flooded by basaltic lava and forms a flat, low- albedo surface that is pitted by a number of tiny craters. A low ridge rises to the northwest of the center.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 20.01 ° N , 36.3 ° E | 7 km | [1] |
| D. | 16.75 ° N , 36.09 ° E | 66 km | [2] |
| E. | 17.87 ° N , 35.76 ° E | 32 km | [3] |
| F. | 19.2 ° N , 35.91 ° E | 18 km | [4] |
| N | 18.36 ° N , 36.88 ° E | 5 km | [5] |
| R. | 20.32 ° N , 33.17 ° O | 5 km | [6] |
| W. | 13.17 ° N , 36.1 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 279
Web links
- Maraldi in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Maraldi crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
