Astronomy:Bobillier (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Bobillier
Bobillier crater AS17-M-1813.jpg
Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image
Diameter6.5 km
Depth1.2 km[1]
Colongitude344° at sunrise

Bobillier is a tiny, cup-shaped lunar impact crater in the southwest part of Mare Serenitatis. It was named after French geometer Étienne Bobillier in 1976.[2] It lies to the north-northwest of the crater Bessel. To the south and west is a wrinkle ridge designated Dorsum Buckland. Bobillier was previously identified as Bessel E.

References

  1. LTO-42D3 Menelaus — L&PI topographic map
  2. "Bobillier (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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