Zucchius (crater)

Zucchius
LRO image
Coordinates61°24′S 50°18′W / 61.4°S 50.3°W / -61.4; -50.3
Diameter64 km (40 mi)
Depth3.2 km (2.0 mi)
Colongitude52° at sunrise
EponymNiccolò Zucchi

Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwestern limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. It lies just to the south-southwest of the crater Segner, and northeast of the much larger walled plain Bailly. To the southeast is Bettinus, a formation only slightly larger than Zucchius.

The crater rim is symmetrical and shows little significant wear from impacts. The inner wall is terraced, and there is a group of small central peaks that forms a curving arc around the middle of the floor, making it a complex crater. Due to its ray system, Zucchius is mapped as part of the Copernican System.

To the northeast of Zucchius is the Schiller-Zucchius Basin, a Pre-Nectarian peak ring basin. This basin has received the unofficial designation 'Schiller Annular Plain' among lunar observers.