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Aryabhata (crater)

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Diameter
  
22 km

Colongitude
  
356° at sunrise

Depth
  
None

Eponym
  
Aryabhata

Aryabhata (crater)

Aryabhata, named after Indian astronomer Aryabhata, 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.

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Aryabhata (crater) Wikipedia