Respighi

(current IAU name; formerly [/Dubyago Dubyago] C)

Lat: 2.8°N, Long: 71.9°E, Diam: 18 km, Depth: 3.09 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2038 Rükl: 38]

Apollo 11's AS11-42-6299 shows a close up of Respighi. Note the "D"-shape of its floor, which is a good "leitmotiv" to recognize the typical "look" of Respighi on other orbital photographs. Warning: the coordinates mentioned in the LPI's caption (at this photograph) are totally wrong!- DannyCaes DannyCaes Aug 20, 2010
Lunar Orbiter 1's Frame 026 shows craters Respighi and [/Liouville Liouville] (north of the dark mare-like region [/Schubert Schubert] N), and [/Dubyago Dubyago] (near the top left corner of photograph). Note the concentric crater south of [/Liouville Liouville]!
Respighi is also noticeable near the right margin of Apollo 16's orbital ITEK-panoramic frame AS16-P-5149 (Respighi is the pronounced crater with somewhat high-albedo inner slopes and dark flat floor).
See also Apollo 15's ITEK-panoramic frame AS15-P-9780 (scroll to the right, beyond the frame's centre).
Additional research Lunar Orbiter and Apollo photographs: Danny Caes

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 63D4) LTO map

IAU page

Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]

Named for Lorenzo Respighi (October 7, 1824—December 10, 1889), an Italian mathematician and natural philosopher.
This replacement name for a formerly [/lettered%20crater lettered crater] was apparently first used on LTO 63D4 (June 1974), for which it served as the title.
Since [/Dubyago Dubyago] was not part of the original IAU nomenclature of [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations], the former name ([/Dubyago Dubyago] C) probably appeared in the [/Rectified%20Lunar%20Atlas Rectified Lunar Atlas] or the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters].
The replacement name was approved in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB] (1976).
Not to be confused with [/Louville Louville].

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