Bessarion (moon crater)

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Bessarion
Bessarion (moon equatorial region)
Bessarion
position 14.83 °  N , 37.31 °  W Coordinates: 14 ° 49 '48 "  N , 37 ° 18' 36"  W.
diameter 10 km
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Named after Bessarion (1403-1472)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Bessarion is a small impact crater near the southwestern bank of the Oceanus Procellarum . In a short distance to the north, the very bright secondary crater Bessarion E can be seen. To the east lies the T. Mayer crater and to the south Kepler with its conspicuous radiation system.

The circular, bowl-shaped crater has a low, central elevation. It has a higher albedo than the surrounding lunar surface and therefore appears particularly bright when the sun is high.

The moon crater is named after the Byzantine-Roman clergyman and humanist Bessarion (1403–1472).

List of minor craters of Bessarion
Letter position diameter link
A. 17.07 °  N , 39.84 °  W 12 km [1]
B. 16.82 °  N , 41.72 °  W 12 km [2]
C. 16.02 °  N , 42.64 °  W 9 km [3]
D. 19.76 °  N , 41.74 °  W 9 km [4]
E. 15.36 °  N , 37.36 °  W 8 kilometers [5]
G 14.89 °  N , 40.37 °  W 4 km [6]
H 15.25 °  N , 41.49 °  W 4 km [7]
V 15.04 °  N , 35 °  W 3 km [8th]
W. 16.69 °  N , 36.95 °  W 3 km [9]

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