Riccius (moon crater)

Riccius
Riccius (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	37.02 °  S , 26.43 °  E Coordinates: 37 ° 1 '12 "  S , 26 ° 25' 48"  E
diameter	72 km
depth	1720 m
Card sheet	113 (PDF)
Named after	Augustine Riccius (fl. 1513) Matteo Ricci (1552–1610)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Riccius is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southeast of Rabbi Levi crater and southwest of Stiborius . The crater is very badly eroded and the crater rim is superimposed many times.

List of Riccius minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	35.9 °  S , 27.21 °  E	24 km	[1]
B.	37.63 °  S , 27.69 °  E	20 km	[2]
C.	36.28 °  S , 28.77 °  O	23 km	[3]
D.	40.41 °  S , 28.86 °  O	15 km	[4]
E.	39.96 °  S , 26.38 °  O	21 km	[5]
G	38.58 °  S , 24.44 °  O	12 km	[6]
H	35.37 °  S , 26.04 °  O	19 km	[7]
J	40.79 °  S , 25.98 °  E	13 km	[8th]
K	39.2 °  S , 25.6 °  E	5 km	[9]
L.	41.57 °  S , 26.8 °  O	7 km	[10]
M.	37.92 °  S , 26.48 °  E	13 km	[11]
N	41.24 °  S , 27.54 °  E	14 km	[12]
O	36.2 °  S , 27.64 °  O	9 km	[13]
P	35.75 °  S , 28.06 °  O	11 km	[14]
R.	41.46 °  S , 30.63 °  O	6 km	[15]
S.	37.16 °  S , 26.42 °  E	11 km	[16]
T	36.35 °  S , 24.95 °  E	6 km	[17]
W.	38.97 °  S , 25.16 °  E	19 km	[18]
X	38.86 °  S , 26.58 °  E	10 km	[19]
Y	35.86 °  S , 29.09 °  E	9 km	[20]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Augustinus Riccius and the Jesuit mathematician and geographer Matteo Ricci .

Web links

• Riccius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Riccius on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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