Diameter 8 km Colongitude 339° at sunrise | Depth 1.7 km Eponym Vikram A. Sarabhai | |
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Sarabhai is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. The formation is relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum Azara.
This crater was previously identified as Bessel A before being renamed by the IAU in 1973. It is named after Vikram Sarabhai, considered the Father of the Indian Space Programme.
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