☄️ Bessarion (crater)

Other · Other · 14.85°N, 37.31°W

Bessarion is a lunar impact crater located near the southwest edge of Mare Imbrium, on the Oceanus Procellarum. Some distance to the east is the crater T. Mayer. Bessarion is a bowl-shaped crater with a low central rise and a higher albedo than the surrounding maria, making it a brighter feature when the sun is overhead. The interior wall has dusky radial bands.

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Country	Other
Continent / region	Other
Coordinates (approx.)	14.85°N, 37.31°W · view on map

Bessarion (crater) is located in Other, in Other.

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