Zucchius D (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Zucchius

Named after Zucchi, Niccolo Zucchius - Italian mathematician, astronomer (1586-1670).

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. (wikipedia entry)