Geber (crater)

Geber
LRO WAC mosaic
Coordinates19°24′S 13°54′E / 19.4°S 13.9°E / -19.4; 13.9
Diameter45 km
Depth3.5 km
Colongitude346° at sunrise
EponymGeber
Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the crater area
Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Geber is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It lies halfway between the crater Almanon to the north-northeast and the crater pair of Azophi and Abenezra to the south-southwest. Farther to the southeast is Sacrobosco. Geber is 45 kilometers in diameter and 3,510 meters deep.[1]

The rim of Geber is symmetrical and nearly circular, with only minor indentations at the north and south faces of its high, terraced wall. The floor is flat and lacks a significant central peak at the midpoint. The small satellite crater Geber B is attached to the northwest rim.[2][3] Geber is from the Nectarian period.[4]

In 1935, the crater was officially named after Jabir ibn Aflah (Latinized as Geber), a Spanish-Arab astronomer active in the first half of the twelfth century.[5]

  1. ^ Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  2. ^ Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
  3. ^ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
  4. ^ Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters, Don E. Wilhelms and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009, Table 2.1
  5. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Geber on Moon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.