Neha Patil (Editor)

Spallanzani (lunar crater)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Diameter
  
32 km

Colongitude
  
336° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.5 km

Eponym
  
Lazzaro Spallanzani

Spallanzani is a lunar crater located in the rugged, crater-marked terrain of the Moon's southern hemisphere. To the southeast is the prominent crater Pitiscus, and to the north is Nicolai.

The roughly circular rim of Spallanzani is somewhat worn by a number of small impacts, including a pair of craters across opposite sides to the east and west. There are a pair of slight outward bulges along the western rim. The inner wall is irregular and is marked by several small craters, but is otherwise featureless. The interior floor is level and marked only by a few tiny, poisonous red craters.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Spallanzani.

References

Spallanzani (lunar crater) Wikipedia


Similar Topics