Torricelli (crater)
 Lunar Orbiter 4 image | |
| Coordinates | 4°36′S 28°30′E / 4.6°S 28.5°E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23 km |
| Depth | 2.1 km |
| Colongitude | 331° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Evangelista Torricelli |
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Torricelli is a lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Sinus Asperitatis, to the south of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli.[1] The western rim of the crater is broken open and joined to a smaller crater to the west. The entire formation has a pear-shaped appearance. Torricelli lies in the northeastern part of a circular formation of rises in the lunar mare, possibly the remains of a crater formation buried by lava.
Satellite craters[edit]
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Torricelli.
| Torricelli | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4.5° S | 29.8° E | 11 km |
| B | 2.6° S | 29.1° E | 7 km |
| C | 2.7° S | 26.0° E | 11 km |
| F | 4.2° S | 29.4° E | 7 km |
| G | 1.4° S | 27.0° E | 4 km |
| H | 3.3° S | 25.3° E | 7 km |
| J | 3.6° S | 25.1° E | 5 km |
| K | 4.0° S | 25.2° E | 6 km |
| L | 3.5° S | 24.3° E | 4 km |
| M | 3.6° S | 31.2° E | 14 km |
| N | 6.1° S | 29.2° E | 4 km |
| P | 6.5° S | 29.9° E | 4 km |
| R | 5.2° S | 28.1° E | 87 km |
| T | 4.2° S | 27.5° E | 3 km |
References[edit]
- ^ "Torricelli (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
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- Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
- Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
- Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
- Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
- Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
- Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
- Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torricelli (crater).
- Wood, Chuck (July 29, 2006). "A Mouth Lover's View of the Moon, depicts pictures drawn in 1872". Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011., regarding Agrippa, Godin, Torricelli and Eratosthenes craters