Tacquet is a small, bowl-shaped crater

Impact crater

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 that lies near the southern edge of Mare Serenitatis

Mare Serenitatis

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, in the northeast part of the Moon

Moon

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. The surface near the crater is marked by high-albedo

Albedo

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 ejecta. To the west is a system of rille

Rille

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s designated the Rimae Menelaus.

Some sources spell this crater's name 'Taquet'.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Tacquet.

Tacquet	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	15.8° N	20.0° E	14 km
C	13.5° N	21.1° E	6 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU

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• Tacquet A — See Al-Bakri (crater)
  Al-Bakri (crater)
  Al-Bakri is a small lunar crater on the northwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is just south of the eastern arm of the Montes Haemus that borders the Mare Serenitatis to the north. To the east-northeast is the prominent crater Plinius. South of the crater are the rilles of the Rimae...
  
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