Vallis Inghirami
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| Vallis Inghirami with Inghirami crater (bottom right; photo LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 43.98 ° S , 72.63 ° W | |
| diameter | 145 km | |
| Named after | Inghirami crater | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Vallis Inghirami is a lunar valley on the southwestern edge of the lunar front . It extends from the eponymous crater Inghirami to the northwest towards the Mare Orientale , as do the nearby lunar valleys Vallis Baade and Vallis Bouvard . The structure, which shows features of an extensive, cooled lava flow , extends over a length of nearly 150 kilometers, with the flow being over 50 kilometers wide at the base. It ends near Bouvard G crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Inghirami crater, which in turn is named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Inghirami .
Web links
- Vallis Inghirami in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Vallis Inghirami on The-Moon Wiki