Crater Marco Polo ( lat.Marco Polo ) - a large impact crater in the southern part of the Apennines on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian merchant and traveler Marco Polo (1254-1324) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1961.
| Marco Polo | |
|---|---|
| lat Marco polo | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 28.3 km |
| Deepest | 360 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Marco Polo (1254-1324) - Italian merchant and traveler. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are Conon Crater in the north; Yangel Crater in the east-northeast; Ukert Crater in the south-southeast and Bode Crater in the south. In the south-west of the crater of Marco Polo is the Gulf of Heat in the northwest lies the Sea of Rains ; in the northeast - the Bay of Loyalty ; in the east - the Sea of Vapors ; in the south, Central Bay [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 28.3 km [2] , depth 360 m [3] .
Marco Polo Crater is almost completely destroyed and difficult to distinguish from the surrounding countryside, only the western part of its rampart has been preserved. The southern part of the shaft is covered by the satellite crater Marco Polo A (see below), the northern part of the shaft is cut by several crevices. Marco Polo Crater is included in the list of craters with dark radial stripes on the inner slope of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [4] .
Satellite Craters
| Marco Polo | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6.4 | |
| B | 6.4 | |
| C | 6.3 | |
| D | 5.8 | |
| F | 3,7 | |
| G | 4.4 | |
| H | 5.7 | |
| J | 4.4 | |
| K | 9.5 | |
| L | 18.5 | |
| M | 38.1 | |
| P | 28.1 | |
| S | 22.1 | |
| T | 2.7 |
- Satellite craters Marco Polo D and Marco Polo F are included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [5] .
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Marco Polo Crater on the LAC-59 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ List of Craters with Dark Radial Stripes of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived December 3, 2013.
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15, Apollo 17.
- Marco Polo Crater on LAC-59 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.