IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Bessel
Bessel is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 21.73° N · 17.92° E
- Diameter
- 15.563185 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-42 · Mare Serenitatis
Name origin
Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1784-1846).