Biot (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Selenographic coordinates>Coordinates
Diameter	13 km
Crater depth>Depth	1.5 km
Selenographic colongitude>Colongitude	309° at sunrise
Eponym	Jean-Baptiste Biot

Biot is a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater located in the southern reaches of the Mare Fecunditatis. It is a circular formation with a sharp-edged rim that has not been significantly worn. The inner walls slope down to a relatively small interior floor. The albedo of the wide inner walls is higher than the surrounding lunar mare, giving it a light hue. To the southeast is Wrottesley crater.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Biot crater.

Biot	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	22.2° S	48.9° E	15 km
B	20.4° S	49.6° E	28 km
C	22.0° S	51.1° E	8 km
D	24.3° S	50.3° E	9 km
E	24.6° S	50.9° E	8 km
T	21.4° S	49.9° E	5 km

References

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