Herigonius (crater)

Herigonius

Apollo 16 Mapping camera image
Diameter	15 km
Depth	2.1 km
Colongitude	34° at sunrise
Eponym	Pierre Hérigone

Most of the Rimae Herigonius and Herigonius K crater (below center). The rimae (rilles) extend to the south out of the picture.

Herigonius is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the southern part of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the northeast of the crater Gassendi. Herigonius is roughly circular, with an inward bulge and narrower inner wall along the northeast. In the interior of the sloping inner walls is a floor about half the diameter of the crater.

About 60 kilometers to the west of Herigonius is a sinuous rille designated Rima Herigonius. This cleft is about 100 kilometers in length and runs generally in a north-south direction, while curving to the east at the north end.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Herigonius.

Herigonius	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
E	13.8° S	35.6° W	7 km
F	15.5° S	35.0° W	5 km
G	15.3° S	32.4° W	3 km
H	17.0° S	33.2° W	4 km
K	12.8° S	36.4° W	3 km

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