Sacrobosco (moon crater)

Sacrobosco
Sacrobosco and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	23.76 °  S , 16.6 °  E Coordinates: 23 ° 45 ′ 36 "  S , 16 ° 36 ′ 0"  E
diameter	98 km
depth	3800 m
Card sheet	96 (PDF)
Named after	Johannes de Sacrobosco († 1256)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Sacrobosco is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Nectaris , southeast of Azophi crater and southwest of Fermat . The crater is very badly eroded and the crater wall is difficult to make out. There are several secondary craters inside.

List of secondary craters of Sacrobosco

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	24.11 °  S , 16.08 °  O	17 km	[1]
B.	24.06 °  S , 16.86 °  E	14 km	[2]
C.	23.02 °  S , 15.78 °  E	13 km	[3]
D.	21.69 °  S , 17.79 °  E	27 km	[4]
E.	26.15 °  S , 17.68 °  E	12 km	[5]
F.	21.23 °  S , 16.68 °  E	19 km	[6]
G	20.71 °  S , 16.14 °  O	20 km	[7]
H	23.75 °  S , 18.66 °  E	12 km	[8th]
J	23.63 °  S , 14.5 °  E	5 km	[9]
K	22.93 °  S , 14.65 °  E	6 km	[10]
L.	25.63 °  S , 15.08 °  E	8 kilometers	[11]
M.	25.33 °  S , 16.26 °  E	7 km	[12]
N	27.12 °  S , 16.53 °  E	6 km	[13]
O	21.22 °  S , 16.02 °  E	5 km	[14]
P	20.72 °  S , 17.29 °  E	5 km	[15]
Q	21.74 °  S , 17.15 °  E	36 km	[16]
R.	22.29 °  S , 15.75 °  E	21 km	[17]
S.	26.63 °  S , 17.96 °  E	20 km	[18]
T	24.94 °  S , 16.83 °  E	12 km	[19]
U	24.01 °  S , 14.28 °  E	4 km	[20]
V	24.57 °  S , 16.11 °  O	4 km	[21]
W.	24.39 °  S , 17.25 °  E	2 km	[22]
X	26.66 °  S , 16.23 °  E	23 km	[23]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English mathematician and astronomer Johannes de Sacrobosco .

Web links

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