Montes Secchi
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Montes Secchi is minor range of lunar
mountains that located near the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis
. This roughly linear formation of low ridges grazes the northwestern outer rim of the crater Secchi
, the formation from which this range gained its name. (The crater is named after Pietro Secchi, a 19th century Italian
astronomer
.) The ridges trend from southwest to northeast.
The selenographic coordinates of the range mid-point are 3.0° N, 43.0° E, and they lie within a diameter of 50 km. This is smaller than the diameter of the crater Taruntius
, located to the northeast of the mountains.
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mountains that located near the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the...
. This roughly linear formation of low ridges grazes the northwestern outer rim of the crater Secchi
Secchi (lunar crater)
Secchi is a small lunar crater formation on the northwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northeast is the crater Taruntius. The western rim is joined with a section of the minor Montes Secchi range. The rim of this crater has been opened in the northern and southern ends, leaving two curved...
, the formation from which this range gained its name. (The crater is named after Pietro Secchi, a 19th century Italian
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.) The ridges trend from southwest to northeast.
The selenographic coordinates of the range mid-point are 3.0° N, 43.0° E, and they lie within a diameter of 50 km. This is smaller than the diameter of the crater Taruntius
Taruntius (crater)
Taruntius is a lunar crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northwest is the lava-flooded crater Lawrence, and to the north lie the craters Watts and da Vinci...
, located to the northeast of the mountains.