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Van Biesbroeck (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Van Biesbroeck
Krieger crater AS15-M-2478.jpg
Van Biesbroeck crater lies across the southern rim of Krieger crater. Southeast of Krieger are the small craters Rocco and Ruth (5 km and 3 km in diameter). Apollo 15 photo.
Diameter9.08 km (5.64 mi)
Depthunknown
Colongitude46° at sunrise

Van Biesbroeck is a small lunar impact crater that interrupts the southern rim of the lava-flooded crater Krieger, in the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater is circular and symmetrical, with sloping inner walls that run down to a small interior floor. Van Biesbroeck was designated Krieger B before the IAU gave it a unique name in 1976.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Van Biesbroeck". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6304. 




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