Zucchius (crater)

Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwest limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. It lies just to the south-southwest of Segner crater, and northeast of the much larger Bailly walled-plain. To the southeast is the Bettinus crater, a formation only slightly larger than Zucchius.

The crater rim is symmetrical and shows little significant wear from impacts. The inner wall is terraced, and there is a group of small central peaks that forms a curving arc around the middle of the floor. This crater is believed to have formed during the Copernician period, within the last 1.2 thousand million years.

Satellite craters

References

External links

• Jean-Luc Josset and Bernard H. Foing SMART-1 close-up on Zucchius crater’s central peaks. European Space Agency. Retrieved on 2006-06-16..