Coordinates | 24°42′N 21°00′E / 24.7°N 21.0°E |
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Diameter | 8 km |
Depth | 1.7 km |
Colongitude | 339° at sunrise |
Eponym | Vikram A. Sarabhai |
Sarabhai is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. The formation is relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum Azara.
This crater was named after Indian astrophysicist Vikram Sarabhai in 1973, [1] considered the Father of the Indian Space Programme. It was previously identified as Bessel A.
Coordinates | 24°42′N 21°00′E / 24.7°N 21.0°E |
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Diameter | 8 km |
Depth | 1.7 km |
Colongitude | 339° at sunrise |
Eponym | Vikram A. Sarabhai |
Sarabhai is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. The formation is relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum Azara.
This crater was named after Indian astrophysicist Vikram Sarabhai in 1973, [1] considered the Father of the Indian Space Programme. It was previously identified as Bessel A.