Levi-Civita R

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Levi-Civita R is a small satellite impact crater on the Moon located near the larger Levi-Civita crater on the lunar far side.

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Levi-Civita R canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
satellite crater
belongsToCategory Impact craters on the Moon
Lunar far side craters
belongsToRegion Levi-Civita area on lunar far side
coordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
designationLetter R
discoveredBy lunar orbiter imaging (uncrewed spacecraft)
eponymSharedWith Tullio Levi-Civita
featureClass crater
hasMorphology bowl-shaped crater (typical for small lunar craters)
hasNo atmosphere
hasRegolith lunar regolith
isPartOf Levi-Civita crater system
linked to: Levi-Civita crater
locatedOn Moon
locatedOnSide lunar far side
namedAfter Levi-Civita (crater)
linked to: Levi-Civita crater
namingConvention satellite craters designated by parent crater name plus letter
observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
orbitsWith Moon–Earth system
planetographicBody Moon
primaryFormationProcess impact event
relativeSize small
satelliteOf Levi-Civita (crater)
linked to: Levi-Civita crater
surfaceEnvironment airless
surfaceGravity low (lunar gravity ~1.62 m/s²)
surfaceType impact feature
visibilityFromEarth not normally visible (far side)

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