Rocca

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Rocca

Lat: 12.85°S, Long: 72.84°W, Diam: 84.06 km, Depth: 3.52 km, Rükl: 39, Nectarian

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LO-IV-173H

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There should be a Concentric Crater somewhere southwest of Rocca F (according to C.A.Wood's list of Concentric Craters, 1978). Perhaps it is captured on Lunar Orbiter 4's photograph LOIV-168-h2?
Danny Caes

Maps

(LAC zone 73C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


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(IAU Directions) ROCCA.--An irregular formation, 60 miles in length, near the limb S.W. of Grimaldi, consisting of a depression partially enclosed by mountain arms.

Wikipedia

Rocca

Additional Information

  • IAU page: Rocca
  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
    • Westfall, 2000: 3.52 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 2.19 km
  • Concentric Crater southwest of Rocca F? (mentioned as number 43 in C.A.Wood's list of Concentric Craters, 1978).
  • Dark lacus-like region on the floor of Rocca A; east of Rocca itself, and northwest of Lacus Aestatis.


Nomenclature

  • Giovanni Antonio Rocca (1607-1656) was an Italian mathematician.


LROC Articles


LPOD Articles


Lettered craters

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Graphic LAC No’s. No. 73, No. 74 and No. 91. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

Bibliography




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