Bobillier (moon crater)

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Bobillier
Bobillier (moon equatorial region)
Bobillier
position 19.62 °  N , 15.43 °  E Coordinates: 19 ° 37 '12 "  N , 15 ° 25' 48"  E
diameter 6 km
depth 1260 m
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Named after Étienne Bobillier
Named since 1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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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

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 271

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