Vitello (crater)

Vitello
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates30°24′S 37°30′W / 30.4°S 37.5°W / -30.4; -37.5
Diameter42 km
Depth1.7 km
Colongitude37° at sunrise
EponymVitello
Altered Rectified Proiection (ARP) Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the Mare Humorum area holding some selenochromatic landmarks
Lunar Orbiter 5 closeup of an area west of the central peak, showing large boulders on the surface.
LRO image of the pattern of dark deposits at the crest of the central peak of Vitello

Vitello is a lunar impact crater that lies along the southern edge of the small Mare Humorum, in the southwest part of the Moon's near side. It was named after 13th century Polish theologian and physicist Vitello.[1] It lies just to the east of the lava-flooded crater Lee. To the northeast along the edge of the lunar mare is the Rupes Kelvin, an irregular fault line.

  1. ^ "Vitello (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.