Respighi (moon crater)
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| Respighi (top left) and surroundings, in the middle Schubert N ( Lunar Orbiter I) | ||
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| position | 2.87 ° N , 71.92 ° O | |
| diameter | 18 km | |
| depth | 3090 m | |
| Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Respighi is an impact crater on the easternmost edge of the front of the moon , southeast of Mare Undarum .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the Italian astronomer Lorenzo Respighi .
Web links
- Respighi in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Respighi 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 .