Tsu Chung-Chi
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Tsu Chung-Chi
| Lat: 16.97°N, Long: 145.01°E, Diam: 32.83 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
Left: LROC WAC image No. M130694156ME.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Tsu Chung-Chi was also photographed during the mission of Apollo 13. It (the crater called Tsu Chung-Chi) is noticeable near the central part of the left margin of frame AS13-60-8647.
- Research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 48C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Tsu Chung-Chi
- Tsu Chung-Chi is the southern "marker" of the Appleton-Tsu Basin.
Nomenclature
- Chinese mathematician (430-501).
- Discovered in Lunik 3 imaging of farside and named in Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon and approved by the IAU in 1961 (Whitaker, p 232).
Lettered craters
Graphic LAC No. 48. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.
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Bibliography
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