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Tacchini (crater)

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Diameter
  
40 km

Colongitude
  
275° at sunrise

Depth
  
Unknown

Eponym
  
Pietro Tacchini

Tacchini is a lunar crater on the northwestern edge of the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies just to the south of the prominent crater Neper, and was designated Neper K before being given its current name by the IAU. To the west-southwest of Tacchini is the crater pair of Schubert and Back.

This crater is roughly circular in form, with a rim that is better defined along the eastern side. The northwestern half of the floor is elevated, along the side where ejecta from the younger Neper intrudes into the interior. There is a pair of small craters along the northwestern inner wall.

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Tacchini (crater) Wikipedia