Torricelli (crater) explained

Coordinates:-4.6°N 28.5°W
Diameter:23 km
Depth:2.1 km
Colong:331
Eponym:Evangelista Torricelli

Torricelli is a lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Sinus Asperitatis, to the south of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli. 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. Torricelli lies in the northeastern part of a circular formation of rises in the lunar mare, possibly the remains of a crater formation buried by lava.

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 Torricelli.

Torricelli LatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A4.5° S29.8° E11 km
B2.6° S29.1° E7 km
C2.7° S26.0° E11 km
F4.2° S29.4° E7 km
G1.4° S27.0° E4 km
H3.3° S25.3° E7 km
J3.6° S25.1° E5 km
K4.0° S25.2° E6 km
L3.5° S24.3° E4 km
M3.6° S31.2° E14 km
N6.1° S29.2° E4 km
P6.5° S29.9° E4 km
R5.2° S28.1° E87 km
T4.2° S27.5° E3 km

References

. Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . . 978-0-304-35469-6 .

. Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . . 978-0-913135-17-4 .

. Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 978-0-486-20917-3 .

. Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62248-6 .

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