Lacaille (lunar crater)
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Lacaille is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located in the Moon’s southern highlands, named in honor of French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lacaille (lunar crater) canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar crater
ⓘ
lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| catalog | IAU-approved lunar nomenclature ⓘ |
| colongitude | 354 ⓘ |
| condition | heavily eroded ⓘ |
| diameter | 70 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
eroded crater walls
ⓘ
interior floor marked by small craters ⓘ irregular rim ⓘ low surviving rim segments ⓘ relatively level interior floor ⓘ worn outer rim ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Lacaille A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lacaille B NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille C NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille D NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille E NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille F NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille G NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille H NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille J NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille K NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille L NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille M NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille N NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille P NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille Q NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille R NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille S NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille T NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille U NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille V NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille W NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille X NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacaille Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern hemisphere of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
lunar highlands
ⓘ
southern lunar highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | walled plain ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringCrater |
Asclepi (lunar crater)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blancanus (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaunay (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Purbach (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tycho (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationTarget |
amateur astronomers
ⓘ
lunar cartographers ⓘ |
| quadrant | south-central highlands ⓘ |
| surfaceType | highland terrain ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.