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Aryabhata (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Aryabhata
Aryabhata crater AS15-M-2683.jpg
Apollo 15 image
Diameter22 km
Colongitude356° at sunrise
Oblique view from Apollo 8, facing west

Aryabhata, named after Indian astronomer Aryabhata,[1] is the remnant of a lunar impact crater located in the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. The crater has been almost submerged by lava-flow, and now only an arc-shaped ridge formed from the eastern half of the rim remains above the lunar mare. This crater was previously identified as Maskelyne E before being named by the IAU in 1979. Maskelyne itself is to the southwest.

References

  1. "Aryabhata (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

External links

  • LTO-61D2 Aryabhata, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series




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