Nicollet (crater)

Nicollet (crater)

Coordinates	21°54′S 12°30′W / 21.9°S 12.5°W / -21.9; -12.5Coordinates: 21°54′S 12°30′W / 21.9°S 12.5°W / -21.9; -12.5
Diameter	15 km
Depth	2.0 km
Colongitude	13° at sunrise
Eponym	Jean N. Nicollet

Nichollet is a small, isolated lunar impact crater on the Mare Nubium, a lunar mare in the southwest quadrant of the Moon. This crater is located to the north of the crater Pitatus, about mid-way between Wolf to the west and Birt to the east.

This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with a rim raised above the surface of the surrounding lava plain. The inner walls slope down to the interior floor, with the bottom having a diameter about half that of the crater. Some wrinkle ridges lie in the surface of the nearby mare, joining with the outer rim. These features are best observed under oblique lighting conditions when the terminator has just moved past the crater during the waxing phase.

Satellite craters

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 Nicollet.

Nicollet	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	20.1° S	13.5° W	5 km
D	23.2° S	12.2° W	2 km

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