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Sarabhai (crater)

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Diameter
  
8 km

Colongitude
  
339° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.7 km

Eponym
  
Vikram A. Sarabhai

Sarabhai (crater)

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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Sarabhai (crater) Wikipedia


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