Rhaeticus (crater)
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Rhaeticus is a lunar impact crater that lies astride the equator of the Moon, on the southeast edge of the Sinus Medii. To the north-northwest is the crater Triesnecker, and due south can be found the worn remnant of the walled plain Hipparchus. The crater was named after Austrian astronomer Georg Joachim Rheticus.[1][2]
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Coordinates | 0.0°N 4.9°E / 0.0; 4.9 |
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Diameter | 43 × 49 km |
Depth | 1.6 km |
Colongitude | 254° at sunrise |
Eponym | Georg Joachim Rheticus |
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