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| Coordinates | 61°24′S 50°18′W / 61.4°S 50.3°W |
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| Diameter | 64 km (40 mi) |
| Depth | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) |
| Colongitude | 52° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Niccolò Zucchi |
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Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwestern limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. It lies just to the south-southwest of the crater Segner, and northeast of the much larger walled plain Bailly. To the southeast is Bettinus, 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, making it a complex crater. Due to its ray system, Zucchius is mapped as part of the Copernican System.[1]
To the northeast of Zucchius is the Schiller-Zucchius Basin, a Pre-Nectarian peak ring basin.[2] This basin has received the unofficial designation 'Schiller Annular Plain' among lunar observers.
- ^ The geologic history of the Moon, 1987, Wilhelms, Don E.; with sections by McCauley, John F.; Trask, Newell J. USGS Professional Paper: 1348. Plate 11: Copernican System (online)
- ^ The geologic history of the Moon, 1987, Wilhelms, Don E.; with sections by McCauley, John F.; Trask, Newell J. USGS Professional Paper: 1348, Chapter 8. (online)