Borel (moon crater)

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Borel
Littrow + Dawes + Vitruvius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Borel and surroundings (top left; LROC- WAC)
Borel (moon equatorial region)
Borel
position 22.37 °  N , 26.42 °  E Coordinates: 22 ° 22 '12 "  N , 26 ° 25' 12"  E
diameter 5 km
depth 1090 m
Card sheet 42 (PDF)
Named after Émile Borel (1871-1956)
Named since 1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Borel is a small impact crater in the southeastern part of the Mare Serenitatis . Located southwest of Le Monnier Crater, it was known as Le Monnier C before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 . It shows an almost round, bowl-shaped structure with internal planes that slope towards the center of the crater. The inside has a higher albedo than the surrounding dark mare .

Individual evidence

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

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