Maraldi (lunar crater)

Maraldi (lunar crater)

Mons Maraldi (center) and the crater Maraldi beside the Sinus Amoris. NASA photo.
Coordinates	19°24′N 34°54′E / 19.4°N 34.9°E / 19.4; 34.9Coordinates: 19°24′N 34°54′E / 19.4°N 34.9°E / 19.4; 34.9
Diameter	40 km
Depth	1.3 km
Colongitude	325° at sunrise
Eponym	Giovanni D. Maraldi Jacques P. Maraldi

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. Just to the northeast of the crater is the dome-like Mons Maraldi rise.

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 mid-point, and several tiny craters mark the floor surface.

Satellite 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 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).

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