Bombelli (moon crater)
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| Bombelli (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.28 ° N , 56.14 ° O | |
| diameter | 10 km | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bombelli is a small impact crater of the Earth's moon in the highlands north of the Sinus Successus . It is essentially circular with a slight protrusion on the south-southwest side. At the center of the sloping inner wall is a small area about a quarter of the diameter of the crater.
Bombelli was known as Apollonius T before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 .
Web links
- Bombelli in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bombelli on The-Moon Wiki