IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Rhaeticus
Rhaeticus is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 0.03° N · 4.92° E
- Diameter
- 44.427376 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-59 · Mare Vaporum
Name origin
Georg Joachim von Lauchen of Rhaetia; Hungarian astronomer, mathematician (1514-1576).