Tacquet (crater)

Tacquet (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=16.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=19.2
E_or_W=E
diameter=7 km
depth=1.3 km
colong=340
eponym=André Tacquet

Tacquet is a small, bowl-shaped crater that lies near the south edge of Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast part of the Moon. The surface near the crater is marked by high albedo "ejecta". To the west is a system of rilles designated the "Rimae Menelaus".

Some sources spell this crater name 'Taquet'.

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 Tacquet crater.

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

* Tacquet A — "See" Al-Bakri crater.

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