Geber (crater)

Geber
	LRO WAC mosaic
Diameter	45 km
Depth	3.5 km
Colongitude	346° at sunrise

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the crater area

Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Geber is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It lies halfway between the crater Almanon to the north-northeast and the crater pair of Azophi and Abenezra to the south-southwest. Farther to the southeast is Sacrobosco. Geber is 45 kilometers in diameter and 3,510 meters deep.^[1]

The rim of Geber is symmetrical and nearly circular, with only minor indentations at the north and south faces of its high, terraced wall. The floor is flat and lacks a significant central peak at the midpoint. The small satellite crater Geber B is attached to the northwest rim.^[2]^[3] Geber is from the Nectarian period.^[4]

In 1935, the crater was officially named after Jabir ibn Aflah (Latinized as Geber), a Spanish-Arab astronomer active in the first half of the twelfth century.^[5]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Geber.^[6]

Geber	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	21.8° S	14.7° E	14 km
B	19.0° S	13.0° E	19 km
C	22.1° S	14.9° E	11 km
D	19.3° S	11.9° E	5 km
E	20.5° S	12.9° E	6 km
F	19.9° S	13.2° E	5 km
H	17.9° S	12.5° E	4 km
J	20.0° S	15.9° E	4 km
K	17.5° S	10.6° E	5 km

References

↑ Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
↑ Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. 1990. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
↑ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN:0-304-35469-4.
↑ Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters, Don E. Wilhelms and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009, Table 2.1
↑ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Geber on Moon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2128. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
↑ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.

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[a-1] Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.

[2] Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. 1990. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.

[3] Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN:0-304-35469-4.

[4] Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters, Don E. Wilhelms and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009, Table 2.1

[5] "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Geber on Moon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2128. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

[6] Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.

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Geber (crater)

Topic: Astronomy

Satellite craters

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