Bobillier (moon crater)
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position | 19.62 ° N , 15.43 ° E | |
diameter | 6 km | |
depth | 1260 m | |
Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
Named after | Étienne Bobillier | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Bobillier is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater in the southwestern part of the Mare Serenitatis . It is located north-northwest of the Bessel crater . In the south and west there is a ridge called the Dorsum Buckland .
Bobillier was known as Bessel E before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 .
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 271
Web links
- Bobillier in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bobillier crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"