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    Maraldi (lunar crater)

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    For the crater on Mars, see Maraldi (Martian crater).
    Maraldi
    Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image
    Coordinates19°22′N 34°48′E / 19.36°N 34.80°E / 19.36; 34.80
    Diameter39.62 km (24.62 mi)
    Depth1.3 km
    Colongitude325° at sunrise
    EponymGiovanni Domenico Maraldi and Giacomo F. Maraldi
    The crater area (top right) in selenochromatic Image (Si). More infos here : https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica
    Context image showning Gardner (lower left) and Maraldi (center) from Apollo 17. NASA photo.

    Maraldi is a worn, eroded crater on the western edge of the Sinus Amoris, in the northeast part of the Moon. To the west-southwest is the crater Vitruvius, and to the northwest lies the worn Littrow crater. Just to the northeast of the crater is the dome-like Mons Maraldi rise.

    The crater is named after two Italian-born French astronomers: Giovanni Domenico Maraldi and Giacomo F. Maraldi.[1]

    Maraldi has a very worn outer wall that is deeply incised and has the appearance of a circular range of peaks rather than a crater rim. The interior has been flooded with basaltic lava, leaving a flat surface with a low albedo. There is a low ridge just to the northwest of the midpoint, and several tiny craters mark the floor surface.

    Maraldi is a crater of Nectarian age.[2]

    Satellite craters

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

    Maraldi Latitude Longitude Diameter
    A 20.0° N 36.3° E 8 km
    D 16.7° N 36.1° E 67 km
    E 17.8° N 35.8° E 31 km
    F 19.2° N 35.8° E 18 km
    N 18.4° N 36.8° E 5 km
    R 20.3° N 33.2° E 5 km
    W 13.2° N 36.1° E 4 km

    The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

    • Maraldi B — See Lucian (crater).
    • Maraldi M — See Theophrastus (crater).

    References

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    1. ^ "Maraldi (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
    2. ^ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 9-4.
    • Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
    • Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
    • Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
    • McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
    • 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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
    • 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.
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