Bhabha

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Bhabha

Lat: 55.1°S, Long: 164.5°W, Diam: 64 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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Left Modified image from the Apollo Footprint Viewer. Right Color-coded LAC 133 from the USGS Digital Atlas

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

  • A low-angle LROC view of Bhabha showing most of the crater's interior (other than the tops of the central peaks) in shadow.
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Maps

(LAC zone 133A4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

Bhabha lies close to the central regions of the South Pole Aitken Basin (SPA-B) -- a 2500 kilometre-wide basin of the pre-Nectarian period (~ 4.6 to 3.92 bn years) whose centre is approximately at 54.2S, 168.7W. Aged as Nectarian (~ 3.92 to 3.85 bn years), the crater looks relatively fresh with sharp-looking terraced walls all around -- except for its eastern section where the rim has been altered by movement of material (or is it impact-related?). The floor is flat showing signs of a dark-ish material in the south-eastern portion, and the whole inner area is topped off with a series of cental peaks that open towards the north. - JohnMoore2

Description: Wikipedia

Bhabha

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Homi Jehangir (1909-1966), an Indian physicist.
  • This name was introduced into the IAU nomenclature in the long list of farside names published in Menzel, 1971.


LROC Articles

Bhabha sinks into the shadows.

LPOD Articles


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