Torricelli (crater)

Torricelli (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Torricelli crater from orbit. "NASA photo."
latitude=4.6
N_or_S=S
longitude=28.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=23 km
depth=2.1 km
colong=331
eponym=Evangelista Torricelli

Torricelli is a lunar crater in the eastern part of the Sinus Asperitatis, to the south of the Mare Tranquillitatis. 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. The Torricelli crater lies in the northeast part of a circular formation of rises in the lunar mare, possibly the remains of a crater formation buried by lava.

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 Torricelli crater.

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