Crater Bell ( lat. Bell ) - a large impact crater on the far side of the moon . The name is given in honor of an American scientist, inventor and businessman of Scottish descent, one of the founders of telephony , Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater refers to the preectarian or nectaric period [1] .
| Bell | |
|---|---|
| lat Bell | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 86.3 km |
| Deepest | 2814 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is an American scientist, inventor and businessman of Scottish descent, one of the founders of telephony. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The closest neighbors of the crater are the Berkner Crater in the west-north-west; Laue Crater in the north; Bartels Crater in the east-northeast; Mosley Crater in the east; Einstein Crater in the southeast; Craters Helberg and Robertson in the West [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 86.3 km [3] , depth 2.8 km [1] .
The crater shaft is significantly destroyed and re-formed by subsequent impacts . The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 1400 m [1] . The southwestern part of the shaft is overlain by the Bell Q satellite crater, and the eastern and northern parts of the shaft are marked by several small craters. The bottom of the crater bowl is relatively flat, the remains of the central peak are visible. A little east of the center of the bowl is Bell E. Concentric Satellite Crater
In the area of the crater, faint ray traces from the Ohm crater located 500 km to the west are visible.
Satellite Craters
| Bell | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| E | 15.9 | |
| J | 19.7 | |
| K | 19.0 | |
| L | 22.1 | |
| N | 17.7 | |
| Q | 22.9 | |
| T | 52,2 | |
| Y | 23.0 |
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
- ↑ 1 2 3 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 .
- ↑ Bell Crater on LAC-54.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union