  maraldi is a worn, eroded crater on the western edge of the sinus amoris, in the northeast part of the moon. to the west-southwest is the crater vitruvius, and to the northwest lies the worn littrow. just to the northeast of the crater is the dome-like mons maraldi rise. maraldi has a very worn outer wall that is deeply incised and has the appearance of a circular range of peaks rather than a crater rim. the interior has been flooded with basaltic lava, leaving a flat surface with a low albedo. there is a low ridge just to the northwest of the midpoint, and several tiny craters mark the floor surface. ==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 maraldi. {| class="wikitable" !width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |maraldi !width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |latitude !width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |longitude !width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |diameter |- |align="center"|a |align="center"|20.0Â° n |align="center"|36.3Â° e |align="center"|8 km |- |align="center"|d |align="center"|16.7Â° n |align="center"|36.1Â° e |align="center"|67 km |- |align="center"|e |align="center"|17.8Â° n |align="center"|35.8Â° e |align="center"|31 km |- |align="center"|f |align="center"|19.2Â° n |align="center"|35.8Â° e |align="center"|18 km |- |align="center"|n |align="center"|18.4Â° n |align="center"|36.8Â° e |align="center"|5 km |- |align="center"|r |align="center"|20.3Â° n |align="center"|33.2Â° e |align="center"|5 km |- |align="center"|w |align="center"|13.2Â° n |align="center"|36.1Â° e |align="center"|4 km |} the following craters have been renamed by the iau. * maraldi b &mdash; see lucian (crater). * maraldi m &mdash; see theophrastus (crater). ==references== * 
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