Geological Chronicle
Inghirami is a lunar impact crater located toward the southwestern limb of the Moon, southwest of the large walled plain Schickard. It spans 94.6 kilometers in diameter and dates to the Nectarian period. The crater lies east of the Mendel-Rydberg Basin, a 630-kilometer-wide impact basin also of Nectarian age.
The crater lies near the southeastern edge of the immense ejecta skirt surrounding Mare Orientale. This material formed linear ridges and valleys across most of the rim and interior from the northwestern face. Northwest of Inghirami, Vallis Inghirami extends radially from Mare Orientale for about 140 kilometers and ends at the crater's northern edge. Impact debris modified much of the outer rim; the most intact section lies along the southeast edge.
Inghirami's partly buried rim is roughly circular and somewhat irregular, with moderately eroded shelves and terraces along the sides. A few small craters lie along or near the rim, and a small impact crater sits beside the eastern inner wall. Ridges and a streaky appearance cover most of the interior floor, while an area beside the eastern rim remains relatively flat and featureless. The International Astronomical Union named the crater after Italian astronomer Giovanni Inghirami in 1935.