Globe · Lunar Compendium
■ Measured / ComputedRiccius
Crater (71.8 km) — Augustine; Italian astronomer (fl. 1513); Ricci, Matteo; Italian mathematician, geographer (1552-1610).
- Coordinates
- -37.025, 26.4255 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 71.789337
- Etymology
- Augustine; Italian astronomer (fl. 1513); Ricci, Matteo; Italian mathematician, geographer (1552-1610).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5023
- Clean name
- Riccius
- Ethnicity
- Italy
- Continent
- Europe
- Quad
- LAC-113
Primary source