Fracastorius (crater)
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Fracastorius is the lava-flooded remnant of an ancient lunar impact crater located at the southern edge of Mare Nectaris. T. W. Webb describes this as "a partially destroyed ring." To the northwest of
Mosaic of Lunar Orbiter 4 images
Oblique view facing south from Apollo 11. The small crater in left foreground is Rosse.
Similar view with different lighting from Apollo 16
Full Moon 2010
Thomas William Webb
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Thomas William Webb was a British astronomer. Some sources give his year of birth as 1806. The only son of a clergyman, the Reverend John Webb, he was raised and educated by his father, his mother hav
Fracastorius (crater)
…Fracastorius is the lava-flooded remnant of an ancient lunar impact crater located at the southern edge of Mare Nectaris. T. W. Webb describes this as "a partially destroyed ring." To the northwest of this formation lies the crater Beaumont, while to the northeast is Rosse. The…
T. W. Webb, from the coverplate in the 1917 edition of Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes