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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2709 AS15-M-2481]'' '''Toscanelli''' is in the center. The 6-km crater to its upper left is '''[[Wollaston|Wollaston]] N'''. The rilles are part of [[Rimae%20Aristarchus|Rimae Aristarchus]], and the shadow-casting scarp visible at bottom center, and extending north through '''Toscanelli''' itself is the northern part of [[Rupes%20Toscanelli|Rupes Toscanelli]].<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2709 AS15-M-2481]'' '''Toscanelli''' is in the center. The 6-km crater to its upper left is '''[[Wollaston|Wollaston]] N'''. The rilles are part of [[Rimae%20Aristarchus|Rimae Aristarchus]], and the shadow-casting scarp visible at bottom center, and extending north through '''Toscanelli''' itself is the northern part of [[Rupes%20Toscanelli|Rupes Toscanelli]].<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Toscanelli LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Toscanelli%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Aristarchus%20C Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Toscanelli LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Toscanelli%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Aristarchus%20C Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
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==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6069 Toscanelli]
 
* IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6069 Toscanelli]
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]]
 
** Westfall, 2000: 1.3 km
 
** Westfall, 2000: 1.3 km
 
* '''Toscanelli''' is listed as a control point in the 1994 and 2005 [[ULCN#ULCN_1994|ULCN]] where its coordinates are given as Lat: 27.930°N, Long: 47.612°W. Coordinates of Lat: 27.94°N, Long: 47.62°W, Diam: 7.0 km were adopted for use in the [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=66238 IAU Planetary Gazetteer] on June 12, 2008. The old position listed there was 0.5° to the south. '''Toscanelli''' is one of the first craters for which an attempt has been made to give a selenodetically correct position in the gazetteer (as opposed to one just adequate for identification). The IAU coordinates were subsequently adjusted slightly to conform to the [[LOLA|LOLA]] system. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>
 
* '''Toscanelli''' is listed as a control point in the 1994 and 2005 [[ULCN#ULCN_1994|ULCN]] where its coordinates are given as Lat: 27.930°N, Long: 47.612°W. Coordinates of Lat: 27.94°N, Long: 47.62°W, Diam: 7.0 km were adopted for use in the [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=66238 IAU Planetary Gazetteer] on June 12, 2008. The old position listed there was 0.5° to the south. '''Toscanelli''' is one of the first craters for which an attempt has been made to give a selenodetically correct position in the gazetteer (as opposed to one just adequate for identification). The IAU coordinates were subsequently adjusted slightly to conform to the [[LOLA|LOLA]] system. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>

Latest revision as of 03:19, 16 April 2018

Toscanelli

(formerly Aristarchus C)

Lat: 27.96°N, Long: 47.61°W, Diam: 7.05 km, Depth: 1.3 km, Rükl: 18

external image normal_Toscanelli_AS15-M-2481_LTVT.JPG
AS15-M-2481 Toscanelli is in the center. The 6-km crater to its upper left is Wollaston N. The rilles are part of Rimae Aristarchus, and the shadow-casting scarp visible at bottom center, and extending north through Toscanelli itself is the northern part of Rupes Toscanelli.

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Toscanelli

Additional Information

  • IAU page: Toscanelli
  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Westfall, 2000: 1.3 km
  • Toscanelli is listed as a control point in the 1994 and 2005 ULCN where its coordinates are given as Lat: 27.930°N, Long: 47.612°W. Coordinates of Lat: 27.94°N, Long: 47.62°W, Diam: 7.0 km were adopted for use in the IAU Planetary Gazetteer on June 12, 2008. The old position listed there was 0.5° to the south. Toscanelli is one of the first craters for which an attempt has been made to give a selenodetically correct position in the gazetteer (as opposed to one just adequate for identification). The IAU coordinates were subsequently adjusted slightly to conform to the LOLA system. - Jim Mosher


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