Tacitus (moon crater)
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| Tacitus (top left) with Rupes Altai ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 16.24 ° S , 18.96 ° E | |
| diameter | 40 km | |
| depth | 2840 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Tacitus (around 58 - around 120) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Tacitus is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Nectaris , east of Almanon crater and southeast of Abulfeda . The crater rim is moderately eroded, the crater floor uneven with concentric structures.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 17.5 ° S , 20.45 ° E | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 14.06 ° S , 20.42 ° O | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 13.71 ° S , 19.77 ° O | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 13.53 ° S , 20.93 ° E | 22 km | [4] |
| E. | 13.97 ° S , 20.12 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
| F. | 17.1 ° S , 17.52 ° E | 10 km | [6] |
| G | 17.48 ° S , 18.19 ° E | 6 km | [7] |
| H | 17.85 ° S , 18.5 ° E | 6 km | [8th] |
| J | 15 ° S , 19.57 ° E | 3 km | [9] |
| K | 13.13 ° S , 19.97 ° E | 4 km | [10] |
| L. | 14.4 ° S , 20.89 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 13.98 ° S , 21.44 ° E | 7 km | [12] |
| N | 16.97 ° S , 19.39 ° E | 7 km | [13] |
| O | 13.96 ° S , 21.87 ° E | 5 km | [14] |
| Q | 18.02 ° S , 20.44 ° E | 4 km | [15] |
| R. | 16.71 ° S , 19.66 ° E | 5 km | [16] |
| S. | 14.52 ° S , 19.04 ° E | 9 km | [17] |
| X | 15.91 ° S , 18.14 ° E | 4 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman historian Tacitus .
Web links
- Tacitus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Tacitus 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 .