Al-Bakri Crater ( lat.Al-Bakri ) is a small impact crater on the northwestern border of the Sea of Tranquility on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the Arab geographer and historian Abu Ubaid Al-Bakri (1014-1094) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
| Al-bakri | |
|---|---|
| lat Al-bakri | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 12.2 km |
| Deepest | 1040 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Abu Ubaid Abdullah ibn Abdul-Aziz al-Bakri (1014-1094) is an Arab geographer and historian. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The closest neighbors of the crater are Pliny Crater in the northeast; Ross Crater in the southeast; Crater Macleer in the south. In the north of the crater lie the Gem mountains , in the south are Maklira furrows [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 12.2 km [2] , depth 1.04 km [3] .
The crater has a regular circular shape with a sharp shaft edge and a flat bottom of the crater bowl without noticeable structures. The shaft height above the surrounding area is 450 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 70 km³ [4] . On the bright inner slope of the crater, low albedo spots and radial bands are noticeable. To the south-south-west of the crater are the remains of two ancient craters, unofficially called "The Seagull" for its characteristic silhouette.
According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the BIO type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - the Bio crater).
Before receiving its own name in 1976, the crater had the designation Take A (in the designation of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of a crater with its own name).
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Al-Bakri Crater on the LAC-60 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Photos from the Apollo 15, Apollo 17.
- Al-Bakri Crater on the LAC-60 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.