Rocco Crater ( lat. Rocco ), not to be confused with the Rocca Crater ( lat. Rocca ), is a small impact crater in the eastern part of the Storm Ocean on the visible side of the Moon . The name was assigned by the Italian male name and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
| Rocco | |
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| lat Rocco | |
 Shot from the side of Apollo 15 . Rocco Crater is the top of a pair of bowl-shaped craters in the southeast of the crater in the lower central part of the image ( Krieger crater), the bottom in a pair is Ruth Crater. The southern part of the Krieger crater is covered by the Van Bisbrook crater . At the top of the picture is the Wollaston Crater. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 4.4 km |
| Deepest | 700 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Italian male name. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Krieger and Van Bisbrook craters in the west; Ruth crater in the south-south-west. In the south-southwest of the crater are the furrows of Aristarchus ; in the south-southeast - the furrows of the Prince ; in the southeast are the Harbinger Mountains [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 4.4 km [2] , depth 700 m [3] .
The Rocco Crater has a circular bowl shape. The shaft is clearly defined, the inner slope is smooth, with a high albedo . The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 150 m [3] , the volume of the crater is approximately 3 km³ [3] . According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the ALC type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - Al-Battani Crater C ).
Before receiving its own name in 1976, the crater was designated Krieger D (in the designation system of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of a crater with its own name).
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
- ↑ Rocco Crater on LAC-39
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 3 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 .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15.
- Rocco Crater on the map of LAC-39.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Rocco Crater on the map of LM-39.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Photographic topographic 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.