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| The craters Nobili (upper left), Jenkins (upper right), Weierstrass (lower center) and Van Vleck (lower right) from Lunar Orbiter 1. NASA/L&PI image. | |
| Coordinates | 0.2° N, 75.9° E |
| Diameter | 42 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 285° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Leopoldo Nobili |
Nobili is a lunar crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon, giving it a foreshortened appearance when viewed from the Earth. The crater overlays the western rim of the slightly larger 'Schubert X' crater, and the eastern rim of this satellite crater is overlaid by Jenkins crater, resulting in a triple crater formation. To the south lies Gilbert crater.
Nobili is a circular crater formation with a worn, circular rim. The rim wall is smaller along the eastern side where it overlaps 'Schubert X'. A small crater, 'Gilbert P', is attached to the southwestern rim, and there is a small break in the northeastern rim. The interior floor is nearly featureless, with a small double-peak formation at the center.
This crater was previously designated 'Schubert Y', before being given its current name by the IAU.
References
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| Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097. |
| Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. |
| Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2. |
| Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3. |
| Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136. |
| Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. |
| Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press. |
| Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8. |
| Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, 6th revision, Dover. ISBN 0-486-20917-2. |
| Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62248-4. |
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