Vitello (moon crater)

Vitello
Vitello (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	30.43 °  S , 37.59 °  W Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  S , 37 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  W.
diameter	43 km
depth	1700 m
Card sheet	93 (PDF)
Named after	Witelo (13th century)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Vitello is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front on the southern edge of Mare Humorum , southeast of Doppelmayer crater and east of Lee . The irregularly shaped crater rim is only slightly eroded, the crater floor shows concentric fracture structures and a central mountain .

List of minor craters of Vitello

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	34.12 °  S , 42.02 °  W	23 km	[1]
B.	31.19 °  S , 35.49 °  W	11 km	[2]
C.	32.41 °  S , 42.59 °  W	15 km	[3]
D.	33.18 °  S , 41.09 °  W	17 km	[4]
E.	29.19 °  S , 35.86 °  W	7 km	[5]
G	32.21 °  S , 37.7 °  W	9 km	[6]
H	32.79 °  S , 43.14 °  W	12 km	[7]
K	31.81 °  S , 37.65 °  W	13 km	[8th]
L.	31.64 °  S , 35.38 °  W	6 km	[9]
M.	32.41 °  S , 36.05 °  W	6 km	[10]
N	32.14 °  S , 36.13 °  W	5 km	[11]
P	31.24 °  S , 38.48 °  W	9 km	[12]
R.	32.95 °  S , 37.11 °  W	3 km	[13]
S.	30.87 °  S , 35.28 °  W	6 km	[14]
T	33.81 °  S , 39.8 °  W	9 km	[15]
X	32.2 °  S , 40.7 °  W	7 km	[16]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Silesian monk and natural philosopher Witelo .

Web links

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