Ricco Crater ( lat. Ricco ) - a large young impact crater in the northern circumpolar region of the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian astronomer Annibale Ricco (1844-1911) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater dates back to the Eratosthenes period [1] .
| Ricco | |
|---|---|
| lat Ricco | |
 A snapshot of the Clementine probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 65.8 km |
| Deepest | 2700 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Annibale Ricco (1844-1911) - Italian astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
Ricco Crater covers the southwestern part of the bowl of Milanković Crater. The other immediate neighbors of the crater are the Thyssen Crater in the east; Roberts Crater in the south-southeast and Karpinsky Crater in the south-west [3] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 65.8 km [4] , depth 2.7 km [1] .
The crater has a polygonal shape and is practically not destroyed. A shaft with a sharply defined sharp edge, except for the southwestern part of the shaft covered by rocks ejected during the formation of the Karpinsky crater. In turn, the rocks ejected during the formation of the Ricco crater overlap the southwestern part of the bowl of the Milankovitch crater. The inner slope of the shaft with a pronounced terrace-like structure, with scree of rocks at the foot. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1250 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 3700 km³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl has even areas surrounding the cluster of ridges in the center of the bowl. Several ranges are located in the northern and southern parts of the bowl, in the north-western part there is a cluster of freestanding hills.
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
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
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .
- ↑ Map of the surroundings of the North Pole of the Moon.
- ↑ Ricco Crater on the LAC-7 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union