Zucchius (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=61.4
N_or_S=S
longitude=50.3
E_or_W=W
diameter=64 km
depth=3.2 km
colong=52
eponym=Niccolò Zucchi

Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwest limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. It lies just to the south-southwest of Segner crater, and northeast of the much larger Bailly walled-plain. To the southeast is the Bettinus crater, a formation only slightly larger than Zucchius.

The crater rim is symmetrical and shows little significant wear from impacts. The inner wall is d, and there is a group of small central peaks that forms a curving arc around the middle of the floor. This crater is believed to have formed during the Copernician period, within the last 1.2 thousand million years.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Zucchius crater.

References

External links

* cite web
author = Jean-Luc Josset and Bernard H. Foing
date = June 1, 2006
url = http://www.esa.int/esaMI/SMART-1/SEMVQM9ATME_0.html
title = SMART-1 close-up on Zucchius crater’s central peaks
publisher = European Space Agency
accessdate = 2006-06-16