Sacrobosco (crater)
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Sacrobosco is an irregular lunar
impact crater
that is located in the rugged southern highlands to the west of the Rupes Altai
escarpment
. It is a readily identified feature due to the three circular craters that lie on its floor. The rim of Sacrobosco is heavily worn and eroded, especially in the northeast. The floor is relatively flat in the south, except where overlain by Sacrobosco A and B, but is somewhat irregular in the northeast.
To the northwest of Sacrobosco is the double crater Abenezra
and Azophi
. To the east-northeast is Fermat
, and to the south-southwest lies Pontanus
.
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impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
that is located in the rugged southern highlands to the west of the Rupes Altai
Rupes Altai
Rupes Altai is an escarpment in the lunar surface that is located in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is named for the Altai Mountains in Asia. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are , and it has a length of about 427 km....
escarpment
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.-Description and variants:...
. It is a readily identified feature due to the three circular craters that lie on its floor. The rim of Sacrobosco is heavily worn and eroded, especially in the northeast. The floor is relatively flat in the south, except where overlain by Sacrobosco A and B, but is somewhat irregular in the northeast.
To the northwest of Sacrobosco is the double crater Abenezra
Abenezra (crater)
Abenezra is a lunar impact crater located in the rugged highlands in the south-central section of the Moon. It is named after the Sephardic Jewish sage, astronomer, and astrologer Abraham ibn Ezra. It is attached along the southeast rim to the crater Azophi...
and Azophi
Azophi (crater)
Azophi is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. The northwest rim is attached to the slightly smaller crater Abenezra. To the east-southeast is the large and irregular Sacrobosco....
. To the east-northeast is Fermat
Fermat (crater)
Fermat is a lunar impact crater located to the west of the Rupes Altai escarpment. To the west-southwest is the larger crater Sacrobosco, and to the southwest is the irregular Pons. It is 39 kilometers in diameter and two kilometers deep....
, and to the south-southwest lies Pontanus
Pontanus (crater)
Pontanus is a lunar crater that is located in the southern highlands of the Moon's near side. It lies approximately mid-way between the craters Sacrobosco to the north-northeast and Gemma Frisius to the south-southwest...
.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Sacrobosco.Sacrobosco | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 24.0° S | 16.2° E | 17 km |
B | 23.9° S | 16.9° E | 14 km |
C | 23.0° S | 15.8° E | 13 km |
D | 21.6° S | 17.7° E | 24 km |
E | 26.1° S | 17.7° E | 13 km |
F | 21.1° S | 16.7° E | 19 km |
G | 20.7° S | 16.2° E | 20 km |
H | 23.7° S | 18.7° E | 13 km |
J | 23.6° S | 14.6° E | 5 km |
K | 22.9° S | 14.7° E | 6 km |
L | 25.6° S | 15.1° E | 9 km |
M | 25.3° S | 16.3° E | 8 km |
N | 27.0° S | 16.5° E | 6 km |
O | 21.1° S | 16.0° E | 6 km |
P | 20.6° S | 17.3° E | 5 km |
Q | 21.6° S | 17.5° E | 42 km |
R | 22.3° S | 15.7° E | 21 km |
S | 26.5° S | 18.0° E | 19 km |
T | 24.9° S | 16.8° E | 12 km |
U | 24.0° S | 14.3° E | 5 km |
V | 24.5° S | 16.1° E | 4 km |
W | 24.3° S | 17.3° E | 2 km |
X | 26.5° S | 16.3° E | 23 km |