title: Tacquet (crater)
text: # Tacquet (crater)
  
  Tacquet is a small, bowl-shaped crater that lies near the southern edge of Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast part of the Moon. The surface near the crater is marked by high-albedo ejecta. To the west is a system of rilles designated the Rimae Menelaus. Its diameter is 6.4 km. It was named after Brabantian mathematician André Tacquet (1612-1660).
  
  ## Satellite craters
  
  By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Tacquet.
  
  | Tacquet | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | B | 15.8° N | 20.0° E | 14 km |
  | C | 13.5° N | 21.1° E | 6 km |
  
  The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
  
  * Tacquet A — See Al-Bakri (crater).
  