Lacroix
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[hide]Lacroix
Lat: 37.9°S, Long: 59.0°W, Diam: 37 km, Depth: 2.36 km, Rükl: 61 |
LO-IV-160H In addition to Lacroix (to the left of center), the other named features in this view are 18-km Lacroix J (on its southwest rim), 13-km Lacroix H (in the lower right), and 14-km Lacroix N (the more deeply shadowed of the two craters in the upper right).
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(IAU Directions) LACROIX.--A ring-plain 20 miles in diameter, N. of Schickard. It has a prominent central mountain.
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Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.36 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.1 km
Nomenclature
Sylvestre Francois; French mathematician (1765-1843).
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