Bobillier (crater)

Bobillier
Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image
Coordinates19°36′N 15°30′E / 19.6°N 15.5°E / 19.6; 15.5
Diameter6.04 km (3.75 mi)[1]
Depth1.2 km (0.75 mi)[2]
Colongitude344° at sunrise
EponymÉtienne Bobillier

Bobillier is a tiny, cup-shaped lunar impact crater in the southwest part of Mare Serenitatis. The outer ejecta of this impact has subsequently been flooded by mare material around 100 m thick.[3] Bobillier lies to the north-northwest of the crater Bessel. To the south and west is a wrinkle ridge designated Dorsum Buckland.[4]

Previously identified as Bessel E,[4] this crater is named after French geometer Étienne Bobillier. Its designation was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bobillier". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ↑ "LTO-42D3 Menelaus". Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series. Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  3. ↑ Du, Jun; et al. (September 2019). "Thickness of Lunar Mare Basalts: New Results Based on Modeling the Degradation of Partially Buried Craters". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 124 (9): 2430–2459. Bibcode:2019JGRE..124.2430D. doi:10.1029/2018JE005872.
  4. 1 2 Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.

Sources

  • Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
  • Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
  • Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
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