Cauchy (Moon)

Named after Augustin Louis Cauchy - French mathematician (1789-1857).

Cauchy is a small lunar impact crater on the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. It is circular and symmetric, with a small interior floor at the midpoint of the sloping inner walls. Due to the high albedo of this bowl-shaped formation, it is particularly prominent at full Moon. Just to the northeast of the rim of this crater is the wide rille named Rima Cauchy, a 210-kilometer-long cleft following a line to the northwest. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.

NW 26 km

Rima Cauchy(next)

Walking
12 Hours 4 Minutes

N 64 km

Cauchy A

MRV
1 Hour
Walking
1 Day 5 Hours

NE 111 km

Lyell

MRV
1 Hour 44 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 2 Hours

W 47 km

Rupes Cauchy

Walking
21 Hours 31 Minutes

Cauchy

9.56° N 38.63° E

E 51 km

Cauchy D

Walking
23 Hours 23 Minutes

SW 118 km

Cauchy M

MRV
1 Hour 50 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 5 Hours

S 56 km

Donna(last)

Walking
1 Day 1 Hour

SE 150 km

Lawrence

MRV
2 Hours 20 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 20 Hours

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