Levi-Civita (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Levi-Civita from Apollo 15. NASA photo.
Coordinates	23.7° S, 143.4° E
Diameter	102 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	218° at sunrise
Eponym	Tullio Levi-Civita

Levi-Civita is a lunar crater formation that lies on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It is located just to the southwest of the large Gagarin walled-plain, and nearly as close to the Pavlov crater to the south-southwest. To the northwest of Levi-Civita lies the smaller Pirquet crater.

This is an eroded crater formation with smaller impacts along the rim and within the interior. The southern rim closest to Pavlov is the most eroded secion, with multiple small craterlets along the edge and near the inner wall. Along the eastern rim is the satellite crater 'Levi-Civita F'. The interior floor, although relatively level, is pitted by a number of small and tiny craterlets. There is a central ridge near the mid-point of the crater.

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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 Levi-Civita crater.