Piccolomini (moon crater)
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position | 29.74 ° S , 32.16 ° E | |
diameter | 88 km | |
depth | 4200 m | |
Card sheet | 97 (PDF) | |
Named after | Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Piccolomini is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , south of Mare Nectaris , south of Fracastorius crater and northeast of Rothmann , at the southern end of the Rupes Altai . The edge of the crater is eroded with pronounced terracing , the interior is largely flat and has a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 26.45 ° S , 30.33 ° E | 15 km | [1] |
B. | 25.91 ° S , 30.5 ° E | 11 km | [2] |
C. | 27.72 ° S , 31.13 ° O | 25 km | [3] |
D. | 26.97 ° S , 32.23 ° O | 17 km | [4] |
E. | 26.2 ° S , 31.76 ° O | 18 km | [5] |
F. | 26.36 ° S , 31.78 ° E | 72 km | [6] |
G | 27.27 ° S , 34.72 ° E | 17 km | [7] |
H | 27.93 ° S , 27.66 ° O | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
J | 25.04 ° S , 30.12 ° O | 28 km | [9] |
K | 25.73 ° S , 29.7 ° O | 8 kilometers | [10] |
L. | 26.15 ° S , 33.73 ° E | 12 km | [11] |
M. | 27.9 ° S , 31.85 ° O | 24 km | [12] |
N | 27.39 ° S , 26.24 ° O | 9 km | [13] |
O | 26.75 ° S , 30.54 ° O | 10 km | [14] |
P | 30.52 ° S , 35.89 ° E | 11 km | [15] |
Q | 30.92 ° S , 36.38 ° O | 14 km | [16] |
R. | 29.35 ° S , 35.33 ° E | 15 km | [17] |
S. | 31.65 ° S , 34.13 ° E | 19 km | [18] |
T | 28.55 ° S , 29.06 ° O | 7 km | [19] |
W. | 26.82 ° S , 29.15 ° E | 6 km | [20] |
X | 27.06 ° S , 31.47 ° O | 8 kilometers | [21] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer, poet and philosopher Alessandro Piccolomini .
Web links
- Piccolomini in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Piccolomini on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [22]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .