Baco (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=51.0
N_or_S=S
longitude=19.1
E_or_W=E
diameter=69 km
depth=3.1 km
colong=341
eponym=Roger Bacon

Baco is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands on the near side of the Moon. The rim and inner wall has been eroded and worn by countless minor impacts since the original formation of the crater. As a result any s have been worn smooth and the rim is overlaid by several tiny craterlets. The interior floor nearly flat, with no characteristic central peak at the mid-point and no small craters of significance.

There are several minor craters located in the surrounding terrain, including the satellite craters Baco A just to the south and Baco B to the northwest. Further to the north is the crater Breislak, and equally distant to the northeast is Ideler. Further to the west is Cuvier, while Asclepi lies to the southeast.

Although this crater was named for the Englishman Roger Bacon, it was actually chosen by the German Mädler. Hence the crater name became modified from Bacon to Baco.

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 Baco.

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