Rocca (moon crater)

Rocca
position	12.85 °  S , 72.84 °  W Coordinates: 12 ° 51 ′ 0 "  S , 72 ° 50 ′ 24"  W
diameter	84 km
depth	3520 m
Card sheet	73 (PDF)
Named after	Giovanni Antonio Rocca (1607-1656)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Rocca is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the lunar front , southwest of Grimaldi crater and northwest of Darwin . The crater wall is heavily eroded, especially in the north and west, the crater floor is furrowed and uneven.

List of minor craters of Rocca

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	13.74 °  S , 70.33 °  W	64 km	[1]
B.	12.61 °  S , 67.42 °  W	23 km	[2]
C.	10.74 °  S , 70.31 °  W	17 km	[3]
D.	11.06 °  S , 68.08 °  W	23 km	[4]
E.	11.73 °  S , 69.57 °  W	43 km	[5]
F.	13.63 °  S , 66.69 °  W	27 km	[6]
G	13.31 °  S , 64.98 °  W	23 km	[7]
H	12.95 °  S , 65.49 °  W	25 km	[8th]
J	15 °  S , 74 °  W	13 km	[9]
L.	14.08 °  S , 72.7 °  W	17 km	[10]
M.	14.61 °  S , 70.83 °  W	44 km	[11]
N	11.68 °  S , 70.32 °  W	24 km	[12]
P	11.19 °  S , 71.86 °  W	32 km	[13]
Q	15.29 °  S , 69.14 °  W	59 km	[14]
R.	11.31 °  S , 72.98 °  W	43 km	[15]
S.	10.27 °  S , 71.64 °  W	9 km	[16]
T	9.8 °  S , 71.13 °  W	16 km	[17]
W.	10.34 °  S , 66.5 °  W	105 km	[18]
Z	16.16 °  S , 75.39 °  W	54 km	[19]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian mathematician Giovanni Antonio Rocca .

Web links

• Rocca in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Rocca 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 .