Piccolomini (moon crater)

Piccolomini
Piccolomini ( LROC -WAC)
position	29.74 °  S , 32.16 °  E Coordinates: 29 ° 44 '24 "  S , 32 ° 9' 36"  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 .

List of minor craters from Piccolomini

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .