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{{short description|Lunar crater}}
{{Infobox Lunar crater
| image       = Bellot crater 4060 h2.jpg
| caption     = [[Astronomy:Lunar Orbiter 4|Lunar Orbiter 4]] image
| coordinates = {{coord|12.4|S|48.2|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter    = 17 km
| depth       = 2.2 km
| colong      = 312
| eponym      = Joseph R. Bellot
}}

[[File:Bellot crater AS08-13-2221.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Oblique view facing south from [[Engineering:Apollo 8|Apollo 8]]]]
[[File:Bellot crater AS16-M-0677.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Oblique view facing south from [[Engineering:Apollo 16|Apollo 16]]]]
'''Bellot''' is a small [[Astronomy:Lunar craters|lunar]] [[Astronomy:Impact crater|impact crater]] that is located on the southwest edge of [[Astronomy:Mare Fecunditatis|Mare Fecunditatis]]. It lies between the craters [[Astronomy:Goclenius (crater)|Goclenius]] to the northwest and [[Astronomy:Crozier (crater)|Crozier]] to the southeast. To the southwest is [[Astronomy:Colombo (crater)|Colombo]], and to the west is [[Astronomy:Magelhaens (lunar crater)|Magelhaens]].

This [[Astronomy:Impact crater|crater]] is circular and bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor with inner sides that slope down relatively smoothly to the bottom. The inner walls have a higher [[Earth:Albedo|albedo]] than the nearby [[Astronomy:Lunar mare|lunar mare]].

==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 Bellot.

{| class="wikitable"
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Bellot 
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter
|-
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|13.4° S
|align="center"|47.7° E
|align="center"|8&nbsp;km
|-
|align="center"|B
|align="center"|13.5° S
|align="center"|47.8° E
|align="center"|7&nbsp;km
|}

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{{refend}}

[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]]

{{Craters on the Moon: A–B}}

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