Gambart (crater)
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Lunar Orbiter 4 image | |
| Coordinates | 1°00′N 15°12′W / 1.0°N 15.2°WCoordinates: 1°00′N 15°12′W / 1.0°N 15.2°W |
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| Diameter | 25 km |
| Depth | 1.1 km |
| Colongitude | 15° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Jean F. A. Gambart |
Gambart is a small lunar crater on the Mare Insularum, near the central region of the Moon. It can be located to the south-southeast of the prominent ray crater Copernicus. In the past, the floor of Gambart has been flooded with lava, leaving a relatively flat surface surrounded by a smooth but somewhat polygon-shaped outer rim. To the southwest of Gambart is an area of hilly terrain deposited from ejecta during the Mare Imbrium impact, known as the Fra Mauro Formation.
The smaller Gambart C crater is located to the northeast of Gambart itself. Roughly between Gambart and Gambart C is a lunar dome, a type of shield volcano.
The Surveyor 2 probe crashed to the northeast of Gambart C.
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 Gambart.
| Gambart | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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| A | 1.0° N | 18.7° W | 12 km |
| B | 2.2° N | 11.5° W | 11 km |
| C | 3.3° N | 11.8° W | 12 km |
| D | 3.4° N | 17.7° W | 6 km |
| E | 1.0° N | 17.2° W | 4 km |
| F | 0.1° N | 16.9° W | 5 km |
| G | 1.9° N | 12.0° W | 6 km |
| H | 3.2° N | 10.6° W | 4 km |
| J | 0.7° S | 18.2° W | 7 km |
| K | 3.9° N | 14.2° W | 4 km |
| L | 3.3° N | 15.3° W | 4 km |
| M | 5.4° N | 11.7° W | 4 km |
| N | 0.5° S | 14.9° W | 5 km |
| R | 0.6° S | 20.8° W | 4 km |
| S | 0.1° S | 13.2° W | 3 km |
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Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Gambart A
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Oblique Apollo 12 image of Gambart A
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Lunar Orbiter 2 image of Gambart C
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Lunar Orbiter 3 image of Gambart J
External links
- Lunar Orbiter 1 photo 135, showing part of Gambart crater and the area to the northwest
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