Sabatier (moon crater)

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Sabatier
Sabatier (moon equatorial region)
Sabatier
position 13.17 °  N , 78.98 °  O coordinates: 13 ° 10 '12 "  N , 78 ° 58' 48"  O
diameter 10 km
Card sheet 63 (PDF)
Named after Paul Sabatier
Named since 1979
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Sabatier is a small impact crater near the eastern edge of the front of the moon on the southwestern edge of Mare Marginis . The closest named crater is Neper Crater in the southeast.

Sabatier shows an almost circular shape with a low outer crater wall. The circular crater floor takes up about half the crater diameter.

Web links

  • Sabatier in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS