Piazzi
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Piazzi
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Lat: 36.6°S, Long: 67.9°W, Diam: 134 km, Depth: 1.62 km, Rükl 61 |
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
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 1.62 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 2.3 km
Nomenclature
Giuseppe; Italian astronomer (1746-1826).
- According to Whitaker (p. 220), this name was introduced by Mädler.
- Not to be confused with Piazzi Smyth.
LPOD Articles
Bumpy, Lumpy, and Where? (see this LPOD's discussion)
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