Taruntius (moon crater)

Taruntius
Taruntius ( LROC -WAC)
position	5.48 °  N , 46.54 °  E Coordinates: 5 ° 28 '48 "  N , 46 ° 32' 24"  E
diameter	57 km
depth	1100 m
Card sheet	61 (PDF)
Named after	Lucius Tarrutius (1st century BC)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Taruntius and side crater ( LROC -WAC)

Taruntius is an impact crater on the front of the moon , between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Fecunditatis , southeast of Da Vinci and northeast of Secchi . The rim of the crater is irregular and eroded, the interior has concentric structures and grooves , the Rimae Taruntius .

To the south of the crater, the ridges of the Dorsa Cato and Dorsum Cushman run in a radial direction away from the crater, and the Catena Taruntius to the south-east .

List of the secondary craters of Taruntius

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	Renamed Asada
B.	3.29 °  N , 46.66 °  E	7 km	[1]
C.	Renamed Cameron
D.	Renamed Watts
E.	Renamed to Zähringer
F.	3.91 °  N , 40.5 °  E	10 km	[2]
G	Renamed Anville
H	0.34 °  N , 49.87 °  O	9 km	[3]
K	0.66 °  N , 51.56 °  O	6 km	[4]
L.	5.44 °  N , 44.51 °  O	15 km	[5]
M.	Renamed Lawrence
N	Renamed Smithson
O	2.19 °  N , 54.35 °  E	6 km	[6]
P	0.08 °  N , 51.58 °  O	7 km	[7]
R.	6.14 °  N , 47.85 °  E	5 km	[8th]
S.	4.83 °  N , 42.34 °  O	5 km	[9]
T	3.6 °  N , 47.4 °  E	4 km	[10]
U	5.52 °  N , 50.11 °  E	9 km	[11]
V	4.42 °  N , 49.8 °  E	20 km	[12]
W.	5.4 °  N , 49.05 °  E	17 km	[13]
X	7.81 °  N , 52.94 °  E	23 km	[14]
Z	7.55 °  N , 44.87 °  E	19 km	[15]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman astrologer Lucius Tarrutius .

Web links

• Taruntius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Taruntius on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [16] [17]

Individual evidence

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