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Rocca (crater)

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30: 174:" from the Orientale impact. The rest of the crater is in poor condition with small craters along the rim. Rocca R cuts across the northern rim, while the smaller Rocca L lies along the southern edge and inner wall. 165:
impact basin, and radial streaks of material have modified the surroundings of Rocca. There is a dune-like set of hills in the east part of the floor, similar to those in the eastern floor of the crater
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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 Rocca.
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This crater lies within the skirt of the ejecta that surrounds the
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Index


Lunar Orbiter 4
Coordinates
12°42′S 72°48′W / 12.7°S 72.8°W / -12.7; -72.8
Diameter
Depth
Colongitude
Eponym
Giovanni A. Rocca
lunar
impact crater
Moon
Crüger
Montes Cordillera
Lacus Aestatis
lunar mare
Mare Orientale
Darwin
ejecta
Nectarian
online
The geologic history of the Moon
USGS
Don E. Wilhelms
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature"
USGS
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.

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