47.Capella

Highland area in-between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Nectaris. intersected by the rilles of Rimae Gutenberg. At the edge of Mare Nectaris we see the crater pair Capella - Isidoris. Special features on the chart: the pear - shaped double crater Torricelli, and the small crater Cencorinus, one of the brightest objects on the Moon.

CAPELLA - Martianus Capella (5th century BC) Latin prose writer and jurist from Cartago. Writer of  "De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii", ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury").

Crater. (49km/30Mi ø ) (Dept:3,500m /11,482ft) (7.64°S, 34.9°E) Low walled and crossed by a deep rift.

CENCORINUS - Censorinus (ca. 238 AD) Roman grammarian.

Crater. (3.8km /2.3Mi ø ) (Dept: 1,040m /3,412ft) (0.43°S, 32.67°E ) Circular crater with a very bright rim.

DAGUERRE - Louis-Jaques Daguerre (1838 - 1921) French painter, and inventor of the precursor of the photo camera.

Crater. (46Km/29Mi ø ) (11.92°S, 33.57°E) Pronounced flooded horse shoe shaped remains of a crater. The remains of the crater wall still standing are as high as 1,500m/4,921ft. A bright rays coming from Mädler crosses the crater.

GAUDIBERT - Casimir M. Gaudibert (1823 - 1901) French amateur astronomer and Selenographer.

Crater. (33km /20.5Mi ø ) (Dept: 620m /2,034ft) (10.93°S, 37.82°E) Low rim and an irregular interior, central mountain, ridges.

ISIDORUS - Isidor of Seville (570-636) Bishop of Seville. Wrote an encyclopedia, astronomer.

Crater. (39km /24Mi ø ) (Dept: 1,580m /5.184ft) (8°S, 34°E)

MÄDLER - Johann H. von Mädler (1794-1874) German astronomer, observer of double stars. Author of  "Der Mond" (with Moon map).

Crater. (28km /17Mi ø ) (Dept: 2,670m /8,783 ft) (11.03°S, 29.72°E) Circular, central mountain, terraced. A ray runs from Mädler across Daquerre.

MARE NECTARIS - See of Nectar. Named by  Riccioli.

Mare. (333km /207Mi ø ) (101,000 km² /38996Mi² ) (15.2°S, 35.5°E) Circular Mare.

TORRICELLI - Evangelista Torricelli (1608 - 1647) Italian Physicist, mathematician, inventor. Pupil of Galileo Galileï. Invented the barometer.

Crater. (20km /12,5Mi ø ) (Dept: 2.980m /9,777ft) (5.0°S, 28°E) Wall open towards the west, connected with a smaller crater, the combination is pear shaped.

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