Viviani is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It was named after Italian mathematician and physicist Vincenzo Viviani.[1] It is located due west of the prominent crater King, and just to the southeast of Katchalsky.
 Apollo 16 Mapping camera image | |
| Coordinates | 5°12′N 117°06′E / 5.2°N 117.1°E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26 km |
| Depth | 2.3 km |
| Colongitude | 243° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Vincenzo Viviani |
This is a roughly circular, bowl-shaped crater with a well-defined rim edge and an inner wall that is wider along the southeastern half. A small crater has cut into the southern rim edge, and another small crater is attached to the exterior along the east. The inner walls are simple slopes that run down to the relatively level and featureless floor.
Satellite craters
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Viviani.
| Viviani | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 3.5° N | 116.5° E | 16 km |
| P | 4.1° N | 116.5° E | 15 km |
In popular culture
editViviani, along with another crater, Bingham, is referenced in the Midsomer Murders season 14 episode 'Dark Secrets'.
References
edit- ^ "Viviani (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
- Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
- Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
- McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
- Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
- Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
- Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
- Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
- Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
- Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
External links
edit- LTO-65D2 Katchalsky Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap, 1975