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| Coordinates | 4°36′S 28°30′E / 4.6°S 28.5°E |
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| Diameter | 23 km |
| Depth | 2.1 km |
| Colongitude | 331° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Evangelista Torricelli |
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Torricelli is a lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Sinus Asperitatis, to the south of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli.[1] The western rim of the crater is broken open and joined to a smaller crater to the west. The entire formation has a pear-shaped appearance. Torricelli lies in the northeastern part of a circular formation of rises in the lunar mare, possibly the remains of a crater formation buried by lava.
- ^ "Torricelli (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.