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Geber (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Summary

Crater on the Moon

Field	Value
image	Geber crater LRO WAC.jpg
caption	LRO WAC mosaic
coordinates
diameter	45 km
depth	3.5 km
colong	346
eponym	Geber

Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the crater area

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.

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.{{cite book Geber is from the Nectarian period.

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.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Geber.{{cite book | author-link=Ben Bussey | author2-link=Paul Spudis

Geber	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	21.8° S	14.7° E	14 km
B	19.0° S	13.0° E	19 km
C	22.1° S	14.9° E	11 km
D	19.3° S	11.9° E	5 km
E	20.5° S	12.9° E	6 km
F	19.9° S	13.2° E	5 km
H	17.9° S	12.5° E	4 km
J	20.0° S	15.9° E	4 km
K	17.5° S	10.6° E	5 km

References

''Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition''. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
Moore, Patrick (2001). ''On the Moon''. Sterling Publishing Co.. {{ISBN. 0-304-35469-4.
[http://www.imageagain.com/Strata/StratigraphyCraters.2.0.htm Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters], [[Donald Wilhelms. Don E. Wilhelms]] and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009, Table 2.1
"Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Geber on Moon". [[International Astronomical Union]].

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