Sarabhai (crater)

Sarabhai
	Apollo 15 image
Coordinates	24°42′N 21°00′E / 24.7°N 21.0°E
Diameter	8 km
Depth	1.36 km
Colongitude	339° at sunrise
Eponym	Vikram A. Sarabhai

Sarabhai is a circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. On the lunar geologic timescale, this formation dates to the Eratosthenian period.^[2] The formation is relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum Azara.

The crater was named after Indian astrophysicist Vikram Sarabhai in 1973,^[3] considered the Father of the Indian Space Programme. It was previously identified as Bessel A.^[4]

References

↑ Croft, S. K. (1978). Lunar crater volumes: Interpretation by models of impact cratering and upper crustal structure. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 9th, Houston, Tex., March 13-17, 1978, Proceedings (A79-39253 16-91). Vol. 3. New York: Pergamon Press, Inc. p. 3711–3733. Bibcode:1978LPSC....9.3711C.
↑ Settle, M.; Head, J. W. (June 10, 1979). "The role of rim slumping in the modification of lunar impact craters". Journal of Geophysical Research. 84: 3081–3096. Bibcode:1979JGR....84.3081S. doi:10.1029/JB084iB06p03081.
↑ Sarabhai, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
↑ Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin (2014). Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy (2 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-139-49522-6.

Sources

Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1.
McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
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.
Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. Reprint: ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3
Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.

External links

LTO-42B4 Sarabhai — L&PI topographic map

[Croft_1978-1] Croft, S. K. (1978). Lunar crater volumes: Interpretation by models of impact cratering and upper crustal structure. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 9th, Houston, Tex., March 13-17, 1978, Proceedings (A79-39253 16-91). Vol. 3. New York: Pergamon Press, Inc. p. 3711–3733. Bibcode:1978LPSC....9.3711C.

[Settle_Head_1979-2] Settle, M.; Head, J. W. (June 10, 1979). "The role of rim slumping in the modification of lunar impact craters". Journal of Geophysical Research. 84: 3081–3096. Bibcode:1979JGR....84.3081S. doi:10.1029/JB084iB06p03081.

[3] Sarabhai, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

[Moore_Rees_2014-4] Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin (2014). Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy (2 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-139-49522-6.

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