Geber (crater)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Lunar crater
Geber is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It lies halfway between the crater Almanon to the north-northeast and the crater pair of Azophi and Abenezra to the south-southwest. Farther to the southeast is Sacrobosco. Geber is 45 kilometers in diameter and 3,510 meters deep.<ref name="a">Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.</ref>
The rim of Geber is symmetrical and nearly circular, with only minor indentations at the north and south faces of its high, terraced wall. The floor is flat and lacks a significant central peak at the midpoint. The small satellite crater Geber B is attached to the northwest rim.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. Template:ISBN.</ref> Geber is from the Nectarian period.<ref>Stratigraphy of Lunar Craters, Don E. Wilhelms and Charles J. Byrne, January 23, 2009, Table 2.1</ref>
In 1935, the crater was officially named after Jabir ibn Aflah (Latinized as Geber), a Spanish-Arab astronomer active in the first half of the twelfth century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 Geber.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
| Geber | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 21.8° S | 14.7° E | 14 km |
| B | 19.0° S | 13.0° E | 19 km |
| C | 22.1° S | 14.9° E | 11 km |
| D | 19.3° S | 11.9° E | 5 km |
| E | 20.5° S | 12.9° E | 6 km |
| F | 19.9° S | 13.2° E | 5 km |
| H | 17.9° S | 12.5° E | 4 km |
| J | 20.0° S | 15.9° E | 4 km |
| K | 17.5° S | 10.6° E | 5 km |