Abel (moon crater)
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| Abel with some side craters | ||
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| position | 34.44 ° S , 85.42 ° O | |
| diameter | 119 km | |
| Card sheet | 116 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Niels Henrik Abel | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Abel is a lunar crater in the northwest of Mare Australe on the front of the moon. It has a diameter of around 119 kilometers and is located south of the Barnard Crater .
The rim of the crater is heavily eroded and irregular in shape. It was cut and overlaid by several impact craters. Abel A crater overlays the southern rim, while Abel M and Abel L penetrate the western rim of the crater.
The inner area in the east was redesigned by lava flows, so that a relatively flat area with low albedo was created. To the west, the subsoil is rougher and the albedo is the same as that of the terrain surrounding the crater.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 36.6 ° S , 86 ° E | 19 km | [1] |
| B. | 36.7 ° S , 82.8 ° E | 41 km | [2] |
| C. | 36 ° S , 81 ° E | 31 km | [3] |
| D. | 37.7 ° S , 87.7 ° E | 30 km | [4] |
| E. | 37.8 ° S , 86.5 ° E | 13 km | [5] |
| J | 35.5 ° S , 79 ° E | 11 km | [6] |
| K | 35 ° S , 77.2 ° E | 9 km | [7] |
| L. | 34.4 ° S , 82.6 ° E | 67 km | [8th] |
| M. | 32.2 ° S , 83.6 ° E | 81 km | [9] |
Web links
- Abel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Abel crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
source
- Losiak et al: A New Lunar Impact Crater Database