Borel (crater)

Borel
Apollo 17 image
Coordinates 22°18′S 26°24′E / 22.3°S 26.4°E / -22.3; 26.4Coordinates: 22°18′S 26°24′E / 22.3°S 26.4°E / -22.3; 26.4
Diameter 5 km
Depth 1.0 km
Colongitude 334° at sunrise
Eponym F. E. E. Borel
Oblique Apollo 17 image of Borel

Borel is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the southeast part of Mare Serenitatis. To the northeast is the crater Le Monnier and to the southeast is the crater Abetti. Borel was previously identified as Le Monnier C before being named by the IAU.

Borel is between two wrinkly ridges, Dorsa Lister in the west and Dorsa Aldrovandi to the east.

This is a roughly circular, cup-shaped formation with inner floors that slope down to the midpoint of the crater. The interior has a higher albedo than the surrounding dark lunar mare.

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