74.Manzinus The edge of the visible part of the Moon, east of the south pole. We see a chaotic field of craters. To find you bearings look for the double-crater Mutus-Manzinus. ASCLEPI - Giuseppe Asclepi (706 - 1776) Italian astronomer and physicist. Crater. (42km Ø ) (Dept: 2,900m) (55.1°S, 25.4°E) Eroded with satelite craters on the rim. BACO - Roger Bacon (1214 -1294) English scientist, mathematician, philosopher. Crater. (69km Ø ) (Dept: 3,100) (51.0°S, 19.1°E ) Irregular and eroded. BOGUSLAWSKY - Palon Heinrich Ludwig von Boguslawski (1789 - 1851) German astronomer. Discoverer of the comet of April 1835. Crater. (97km Ø ) (Dept: 3,400m) (72.9°S, 43.2°E) Eroded, floor flooded. BOUSSINGAULT - Jean Babtiste D. Boussingault (1802 - 1887) French agro-chemist and botanist. Crater. (131km Ø ) (Dept: 3,200m) (70.4°S, 54.7°E) A large crater that lies inside the walls, so that it resembles a double-walled formation. CUVIER - George Cuvier (1769 - 1832) French physicist and paleontologist. Crater. (75km Ø ) (Dept: 3,800m) (50.3°S, 9.9°E) Floor resurfaced and level. DEMONAX - Demonax (2nd century BC) Greek philosopher from Cyprus. Crater. (114km Ø ) (2,900m) (78.2°S, 59.0°E) Eroded wall, with satellite craters, floor level and resurfaced. HALE - 1. George Ellery Hale (1858 - 1938) American astronomer and Solar astronomer. 2. William Hale (1797 - 1870) English rocket-specialist. Crater. (84km Ø ) (Dept: 4,200m) (74.14° S, 91.66° E) Circular, terraced walls, small central mountain. IDELER - Christian Ludwig Ideler (1766 - 1846) German astronomer. Specialist in the history of astronomy, and in the field of chronology. Crater. (38 km Ø ) (Dept: 1,600m) (49.2°S, 22.3°E) Twinned with Ideler L. JACOBI - Karl G. J. Jacobi (1804 - 1851) Germann philosopher and mathematician. Crater. (68km Ø ) (Dept: 3,300m) (56.7°S, 11.4°E) Worn rim that is overlain by several craters along the southern face. KINAU - Adolph Gottfried Kinau (ca. 1850) German selenographer and botanist. Crater. (42km Ø ) (Dept: 2,000m) (60.8°S, 15.1°E) Distorted into a hexagonal shape, with several small craterlets along the rim. MANZINUS - Carlo Antonio Manzini (1599 - 1677) Italian astronomer and philosopher. Crater. (98km Ø ) (Dept: 3,800m) (67.7°S, 26.8°E) Rim eroded and saddled by satellite craters, floor flat. MUTUS - Vincente Mut (Died: 1673) Spanish astronomer and mariner. Crater. (78km Ø ) (Dept: 3,700m) (63.6°S, 30.1°E) Eroded, with a pair craters, Mutus A and Mutus V, lying across the eastern rim.
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SCHOMBERGER - Georg Schoenberger (1597 - 1645) German astronomer and mathematician. Crater. ( 85km Ø ) (Dept: 3,400m) (76.7°S, 24.9°E) Circular and sharp-edged, terraced walls, flat floor, central hills. SCOTT - Robbert F. Scott (1868 - 1912) English polar-explorer, second one to reach the south-pole. Crater. (102km Ø ) (Dept: 5,570m) (82.54° S, 48.79° E) Close to the pole, in shadow. TANNERUS - Adam Tanner (1572 - 1632) German astronomer and theologian. Crater. (29km Ø ) (Dept: 1,800m) (54.6°S, 22.0°E) Circular, floor flat.
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