62.Schickard

Mountainess area at the south-west edge of the visible part of the Moon, bordering Mare Humorum to the north. Here we find one of the biggest walled plains, Schickard, with its dark spotted floor. Near Clausius we find a small Mare as yet nameless.

CLAUSIUS - Rudolf J. E. Clausius. (1822 - 1888) German Physicist. Author of the second law of thermodynamica.

(26Km /15Mi ø ) (Height: 2,400m/7,300ft) (37°S, 44°W) Lava flooded floor, isolated circular formation.

DREBBEL - Cornelis Drebbel.. (1572 -1631) Dutch Physicist and Technician worked on microscopes and telescopes.

Crater. (30km/18Mi ø ) (3,500m /10,600ft) (41°S, 49°W) Isolated formation with lengthened shape, a steep slopes supporting some craterlets to the South. Very high walls.

INGHIRAMI - Giovanni Inghirami. (1797 - 1851) Italian astronomer, worked on the construction of an extensive astronomical atlas as part of a team of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.

Crater. (94km/55Mi) (Depth: 3,000m/10,000ft) (48°S,69°W) Isolated circular formation with steep slopes supporting Vallis Inghirami to the North-West and Inghirami Q to the south-west. High walls a chaotic floor, a central mountain. Craterlets. Parallel crest lines.

LEE - John Lee. (1783 - 1886) Antiques collector and selenographer.

Crater. (24km/14.9Mi ø ) (Height: 2,090m /6,300ft) (31°S, 41°W) Lava flooded and eroded.

LEEHMANN - Jacob H. W. Lehmann. (1800 - 1863) German theologian and astronomer, worked on celestial mechanics.

Crater. (53km/32Mi ø ) (Height: 800m/2,625ft) (40.0°S, 56°W) Heavily worn with an irregular rim.

LEPAUTE - Madame Lepaute, Née. Nicole Reine de la Brière. (1723 - 1788) French Mathematician, cooperated with Clairaut and Lalande

Crater. (15km/10Mi ø ) (Height: 2,070m/3600ft) (33°S, 34°W) Lengthened formation, pear shaped pointing towards the south.

SCHICKARD - Wilhelm Schickard (1592 - 1635) German mathematician and astronomer, tried as first one to triangulate meteors as they entered the athmosphere, by observing them from different locations at the same time, to find out at what height they travel and how far.

Crater. (227km/140Mi ø ) (Height: 1.5 km/4,921ft) (44°S, 55°W) Large crater, with a lava covered floor.

VITELLO - Erazmus Ciolek Witelo (1592 - 1635) Polish mathematician, working in Italia.

Crater. (45km/25Mi ø ) (Height: 1,700m/5,200ft) (30°S, 38°W) Worn floor with internal ring and central mountain.