Bellot (moon crater)
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| position | 12.5 ° S , 48.16 ° O | |
| diameter | 18 km | |
| depth | 3120 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Joseph-René Bellot | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bellot is a small impact crater on the southwestern bank of the Mare Fecunditatis . It lies between the Goclenius craters in the northwest and Crozier in the southeast. In the southwest you can see the Colombo crater and in the west you can see Magelhaens .
Bellot is circular and bowl-shaped and the inner walls of the crater slope gently towards the relatively small crater floor. The inside of the crater has a higher albedo than the surrounding surface.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 13.21 ° S , 47.6 ° E | 8 kilometers | [1] |
| B. | 13.58 ° S , 47.68 ° E | 7 km | [2] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 270
Web links
- Bellot in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bellot Crater in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (image)
