Sarabhai (moon crater)
| Sarabhai | ||
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| position | 24.74 ° N , 20.99 ° E | |
| diameter | 7 km | |
| depth | 1730 m | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sarabhai is a small impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Mare Serenitatis plain , northeast of the Bessel crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai .
Web links
- Sarabhai in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sarabhai on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .