Inghirami (crater)

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Inghirami
Inghirami crater 4172 h2.jpg
Coordinates 47°29′S68°57′W / 47.49°S 68.95°W / -47.49; -68.95 Coordinates: 47°29′S68°57′W / 47.49°S 68.95°W / -47.49; -68.95
Diameter 94.60 km
Depth 3.0 km
Colongitude 70° at sunrise
Eponym Giovanni Inghirami
Selenochromatic Image(Si) of the crater area(to the bottom) Schickard Si.jpg
Selenochromatic Image(Si) of the crater area(to the bottom)

Inghirami is a lunar impact crater that is located toward the southwestern limb of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the large walled plain Schickard. Northwest of Inghirami is the wide Vallis Inghirami, a wide, straight valley that is radial to the Mare Orientale impact basin. The valley has a length of about 140 kilometers and ends at the northern edge of the crater.

Inghirami is located near the southeastern edge of the immense skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Mare Orientale. This material has formed linear ridges and valleys that continue across most of the crater rim and interior from the northwestern face. Much of the outer rim has been modified by this impact material, and the most intact part of the rim lies along the southeast edge.

The partly buried rim of this crater is roughly circular and somewhat irregular. There are some shelves and terraces along the sides, but these features are moderately eroded. A few small craters lie along or near the rim. The most notable crater on the interior floor is a small impact beside the eastern inner wall. The interior floor retains its ridges, streaky appearance across much of the crater, with only an area by the eastern rim being relatively flat and featureless.

Inghirami is a crater of Nectarian age. [1] Inghirami lies to the east of the Mendel-Rydberg Basin, a 630 km wide impact basin also of Nectarian age.

The crater was named after Giovanni Inghirami by the IAU in 1935. [2]

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 Inghirami.

InghiramiLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A44.9° S65.3° W34 km
C44.1° S74.5° W18 km
F49.8° S71.4° W23 km
G51.1° S74.1° W29 km
H50.2° S72.7° W18 km
K49.6° S73.9° W23 km
L46.0° S61.0° W13 km
M45.6° S60.3° W14 km
N48.9° S66.8° W14 km
Q48.0° S72.9° W42 km
S49.3° S68.4° W11 km
T49.8° S67.8° W9 km
W44.4° S67.4° W68 km

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References

  1. The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 9-4.
  2. "Inghirami (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.