Van Albada (crater)

Van Albada

Apollo 15 image
Coordinates 9°24′N 64°18′E / 9.4°N 64.3°E / 9.4; 64.3Coordinates: 9°24′N 64°18′E / 9.4°N 64.3°E / 9.4; 64.3
Diameter 21 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 294° at sunrise
Eponym G. B. van Albada
Oblique view of Van Albada (left) and Auzout (right), from Lunar Orbiter 4.
LRO image

van Albada is a lunar crater that is attached to the south-southeastern rim of Auzout. It lies southeast of Mare Crisium, and north-northeast of the larger crater Firmicus. Directly to the east is Krogh.

While the perimeter of van Albada is generally circular, there is a slight outward bulge in the rim to the northwest, and a smaller crater lies across the eastern rim. The inner wall is slightly larger to the north than elsewhere, most likely because it abuts the outer rampart of Auzout. The interior floor is darker in hue than the surrounding terrain, with an albedo that matches the lunar mare to the northwest.

This crater was previously designated Auzout A before being given a name by the IAU.

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