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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2706 LO-IV-172H]'' All but a part of the east rim of '''Piazzi''' is visible (to the right of center) in this [[Lunar%20Orbiter|Lunar Orbiter]] view showing the intricate overlay of ejecta from nearby [[Mare%20Orientale|Mare Orientale]]. In the upper left, the broad, faint arc of the southeast rim of [[Legendre|Legendre]] can be vaguely seen. And near the south rim of '''Piazzi''', the 20-km crater with the central peaks is '''Piazzi P'''. Several smaller [[satellite%20feature|lettered craters]] associated with '''Piazzi''' and [[Legendre|Legendre]] can also be seen.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2706 LO-IV-172H]'' All but a part of the east rim of '''Piazzi''' is visible (to the right of center) in this [[Lunar%20Orbiter|Lunar Orbiter]] view showing the intricate overlay of ejecta from nearby [[Mare%20Orientale|Mare Orientale]]. In the upper left, the broad, faint arc of the southeast rim of [[Legendre|Legendre]] can be vaguely seen. And near the south rim of '''Piazzi''', the 20-km crater with the central peaks is '''Piazzi P'''. Several smaller [[satellite%20feature|lettered craters]] associated with '''Piazzi''' and [[Legendre|Legendre]] can also be seen.<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Piazzi LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Piazzi%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Piazzi Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Piazzi LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Piazzi%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Piazzi Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([[IAU%20Directions|IAU Directions]])'' PIAZZI.--A walled-plain, about 90 miles in length, some distance S.W. of [[Vieta|Vieta]], with a complex broken border, including several depressions on the N.E., rising to about 7,000 feet above a rather dark interior, on which there is a prominent central mountain.<br /> <br />  
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''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' PIAZZI.--A walled-plain, about 90 miles in length, some distance S.W. of [[Vieta|Vieta]], with a complex broken border, including several depressions on the N.E., rising to about 7,000 feet above a rather dark interior, on which there is a prominent central mountain.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazzi_(crater) Piazzi]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazzi_(crater) Piazzi]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
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  Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 1.62 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 1.62 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km

Latest revision as of 03:09, 16 April 2018

Piazzi

Lat: 36.6°S, Long: 67.9°W, Diam: 134 km, Depth: 1.62 km, Rükl 61

external image normal_Piazzi_LO-IV-172H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-172H All but a part of the east rim of Piazzi is visible (to the right of center) in this Lunar Orbiter view showing the intricate overlay of ejecta from nearby Mare Orientale. In the upper left, the broad, faint arc of the southeast rim of Legendre can be vaguely seen. And near the south rim of Piazzi, the 20-km crater with the central peaks is Piazzi P. Several smaller lettered craters associated with Piazzi and Legendre can also be seen.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 109B3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) PIAZZI.--A walled-plain, about 90 miles in length, some distance S.W. of Vieta, with a complex broken border, including several depressions on the N.E., rising to about 7,000 feet above a rather dark interior, on which there is a prominent central mountain.

Description: Wikipedia

Piazzi

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 1.62 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km


Nomenclature

Giuseppe; Italian astronomer (1746-1826).


LPOD Articles

Bumpy, Lumpy, and Where? (see this LPOD's discussion)

Bibliography