Picard (crater)
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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| Diameter | 23 km |
| Depth | 2.4 km |
| Colongitude | 306° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Jean-Félix Picard |
Picard is a lunar impact crater that lies in Mare Crisium. It is the biggest non-flooded crater of this mare, being slightly larger than Peirce to the north-northwest. To the west is the almost completely flooded crater Yerkes. To east of Picard is the tiny Curtis. The crater is named for 17th century French astronomer and geodesist Jean Picard.[1]
Picard is a crater from the Eratosthenian period, which lasted from 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago. Inside Picard is a series of terraces that seismologists have attributed to a collapse of the crater floor. The lowest point on the crater floor is approximately 2000 metres below its rim.[2] It has a small hill at the center.[3]
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Picard.[4]
| Picard | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
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| K | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 9 |
| L | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 7 |
| M | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 8 |
| N | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 19 |
| P | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 8 |
| Y | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 4 |
The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
- Picard G — see Tebbutt.
- Picard H — see Shapley.
- Picard X — see Fahrenheit.
- Picard Z — see Curtis.
References
- ↑ Blue, Jennifer. "Picard (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Links
- Blue, Jennifer. "Picard (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- Map of the region
- Part of Picard crater: photo by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with resolution 1,3 meters/pixel
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- Picard in The-Moon Wiki
