Maraldi (lunar crater) explained

Coordinates:	19.36°N 34.8°W
Depth:	1.3 km
Colong:	325
Eponym:	Giovanni Domenico Maraldi and Giacomo F. 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 crater. Just to the northeast of the crater is the dome-like Mons Maraldi rise.

The crater is named after two Italian-born French astronomers: Giovanni Domenico Maraldi and Giacomo F. Maraldi.

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 midpoint, and several tiny craters mark the floor surface.

Maraldi is a crater of Nectarian age.^[1]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint 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).

References

• Book: Andersson . L. E. . Whitaker . E. A. . Ewen Whitaker . 1982 . NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature . NASA RP-1097 .
• Book: Bussey . B. . Ben Bussey . Spudis . P. . Paul Spudis . 2004 . The Clementine Atlas of the Moon . . New York . 978-0-521-81528-4 .
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• Menzel. D. H.. Minnaert. M.. Levin. B.. Dollfus. A.. Bell. B.. Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU. 10.1007/BF00171763. Space Science Reviews. 12. 2. 136–186. 1971. 1971SSRv...12..136M. 122125855.
• Book: Moore , Patrick . Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . . 978-0-304-35469-6 .
• Book: Price , Fred W. . 1988 . The Moon Observer's Handbook . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-33500-3 .
• Book: Rükl , Antonín . Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . . 978-0-913135-17-4 .
• Book: Webb , Rev. T. W. . Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 978-0-486-20917-3 .
• Book: Whitaker , Ewen A. . Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62248-6 .
• Book: Wlasuk , Peter T. . 2000 . Observing the Moon . Springer . 978-1-85233-193-1 .

External links

• Maraldi at The Moon Wiki
• Web site: Wood . Chuck . June 24, 2006 . Mons of Mystery . Lunar Photo of the Day . 2006-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070320194641/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060624 . March 20, 2007 .

Notes and References

1. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1348 The geologic history of the Moon