Geber (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Geber

LRO WAC mosaic

Diameter| 45 km
Depth| 3.5 km
Colongitude| 346° at sunrise
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

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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

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.

## External links

* Geber at The Moon Wiki

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